#38167D#38167D

#38167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.158 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38167D
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.62, 41.25, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.62, 66.08, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(32.59% 0.0526 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(32.59% 0.158 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6184, 2.8950, 19.6608)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38167D #5B7D16

analogous

#16287D #38167D #6C167D

triadic

#38167D #7D3816 #167D38

tetradic

#38167D #7D1628 #5B7D16 #167D6C

square

#38167D #7D1628 #5B7D16 #167D6C

split-complementary

#38167D #7D6C16 #287D16

monochromatic

#0C051A #210D49 #38167D #4F1FB1 #6A32DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#38167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38167D

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38167D	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.158 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a4',
    500: '#38167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38167d;
$custom-light: #7758a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.806,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32586,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38167D

secondary

#8BB23D

accent

#ED3BB2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38167D

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

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