#38168F#38168F

#38168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.178 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38168F
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.57, 46.38, -59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.57, 75.63, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.0462 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.178 285)
XYZ	xyz(6.8742, 3.3973, 26.2748)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38168F #6D8F16

analogous

#16308F #38168F #75168F

triadic

#38168F #8F3816 #168F38

tetradic

#38168F #8F1630 #6D8F16 #168F75

square

#38168F #8F1630 #6D8F16 #168F75

split-complementary

#38168F #8F7516 #308F16

monochromatic

#0E0625 #230E5A #38168F #4D1EC4 #6C3EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#38168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38168F

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38168F	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.178 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5ab1',
    500: '#38168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38168f;
$custom-light: #7b5ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.86,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34514,
    "c": 0.17824,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.03398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38168F

secondary

#9DC13F

accent

#F038BC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38168F

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

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