#38169E#38169E

#38169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.195 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38169E
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 50.61, -66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 83.30, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.0406 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.195 282)
XYZ	xyz(8.0874, 3.8826, 32.6644)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38169E #7C9E16

analogous

#16389E #38169E #7C169E

triadic

#38169E #9E3816 #169E38

tetradic

#38169E #9E1638 #7C9E16 #169E7C

square

#38169E #9E1638 #7C9E16 #169E7C

split-complementary

#38169E #9E7C16 #389E16

monochromatic

#120733 #250F68 #38169E #4B1DD4 #7049E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#38169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#38169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38169E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38169E	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00339C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.195 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5bbc',
    500: '#38169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38169e;
$custom-light: #7e5bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36188,
    "c": 0.19513,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.03883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38169E

secondary

#A7C749

accent

#F236C3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38169E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →