#38167C#38167C

#38167C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.156 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38167C
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 124)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 82.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.51, 40.96, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.51, 65.54, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(32.48% 0.053 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(32.48% 0.156 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5548, 2.8696, 19.3261)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38167C #5A7C16

analogous

#16277C #38167C #6B167C

triadic

#38167C #7C3816 #167C38

tetradic

#38167C #7C1627 #5A7C16 #167C6B

square

#38167C #7C1627 #5A7C16 #167C6B

split-complementary

#38167C #7C6B16 #277C16

monochromatic

#0C051A #210D48 #38167C #4F1FB0 #6A32DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#38167C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38167C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38167C

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38167C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38167C	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38167c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.156 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a3',
    500: '#38167c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38167c;
$custom-light: #7758a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38167c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32481,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38167C

secondary

#8AB13D

accent

#ED3BB1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38167C

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

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