#38168D#38168D

#38168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.176 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38168D
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.35, 45.82, -58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.35, 74.59, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0469 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.176 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7241, 3.3372, 25.4840)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38168D #6B8D16

analogous

#16308D #38168D #74168D

triadic

#38168D #8D3816 #168D38

tetradic

#38168D #8D1630 #6B8D16 #168D74

square

#38168D #8D1630 #6B8D16 #168D74

split-complementary

#38168D #8D7416 #308D16

monochromatic

#0E0523 #230E58 #38168D #4D1EC2 #6C3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#38168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#38168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38168D

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38168D	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#053B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.176 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a59b0',
    500: '#38168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38168d;
$custom-light: #7a59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34295,
    "c": 0.17596,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38168D

secondary

#9BC13E

accent

#F038BB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38168D

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

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