#38166F#38166F

#38166F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.141 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38166F
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 111)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.20, 37.24, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.20, 58.38, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.16% 0.0572 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(31.16% 0.141 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7862, 2.5621, 15.2782)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38166F #4D6F16

analogous

#16216F #38166F #64166F

triadic

#38166F #6F3816 #166F38

tetradic

#38166F #6F1621 #4D6F16 #166F64

square

#38166F #6F1621 #4D6F16 #166F64

split-complementary

#38166F #6F6416 #216F16

monochromatic

#0D051A #1E0C3C #38166F #5220A2 #6C2BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#38166F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#38166F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38166F

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38166F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38166F	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38166f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.141 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755799',
    500: '#38166f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38166f;
$custom-light: #755799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38166f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.921,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31164,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38166F

secondary

#7DA53C

accent

#EA3EA8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38166F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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