#38167B#38167B

#38167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.155 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38167B
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.41, 40.67, -50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.41, 65.00, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0533 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.155 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4919, 2.8444, 18.9947)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38167B #597B16

analogous

#16267B #38167B #6A167B

triadic

#38167B #7B3816 #167B38

tetradic

#38167B #7B1626 #597B16 #167B6A

square

#38167B #7B1626 #597B16 #167B6A

split-complementary

#38167B #7B6A16 #267B16

monochromatic

#0C051A #200D47 #38167B #501FAF #6A31DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#38167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38167B

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38167B	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.155 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a2',
    500: '#38167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38167b;
$custom-light: #7758a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.198,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32378,
    "c": 0.15521,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38167B

secondary

#89B03D

accent

#EC3BB1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38167B

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

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