#38168E#38168E

#38168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.177 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38168E
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.46, 46.10, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.46, 75.11, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0465 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.177 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7988, 3.3671, 25.8776)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38168E #6C8E16

analogous

#16308E #38168E #74168E

triadic

#38168E #8E3816 #168E38

tetradic

#38168E #8E1630 #6C8E16 #168E74

square

#38168E #8E1630 #6C8E16 #168E74

split-complementary

#38168E #8E7416 #308E16

monochromatic

#0E0624 #230E59 #38168E #4D1EC3 #6C3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#38168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#38168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38168E

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38168E	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.177 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5ab0',
    500: '#38168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38168e;
$custom-light: #7b5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34405,
    "c": 0.1771,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38168E

secondary

#9CC13F

accent

#F038BC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38168E

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

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