#38167E#38167E

#38167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.159 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38167E
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.72, 41.53, -52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.72, 66.62, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(32.69% 0.0523 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(32.69% 0.159 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6826, 2.9207, 19.9989)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38167E #5C7E16

analogous

#16287E #38167E #6C167E

triadic

#38167E #7E3816 #167E38

tetradic

#38167E #7E1628 #5C7E16 #167E6C

square

#38167E #7E1628 #5C7E16 #167E6C

split-complementary

#38167E #7E6C16 #287E16

monochromatic

#0C051A #210D4A #38167E #4F1FB2 #6A33DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#38167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38167E

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38167E	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.159 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7858a4',
    500: '#38167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38167e;
$custom-light: #7858a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3269,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38167E

secondary

#8CB33D

accent

#ED3BB3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38167E

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

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