#38175A#38175A

#38175A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.114 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38175A
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.46, 30.78, -33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.46, 45.82, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(29.34% 0.0612 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(29.34% 0.114 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7823, 2.1917, 9.8947)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38175A #395A17

analogous

#17185A #38175A #5A175A

triadic

#38175A #5A3817 #175A38

tetradic

#38175A #5A1718 #395A17 #175A5A

square

#38175A #5A1718 #395A17 #175A5A

split-complementary

#38175A #5A5A17 #185A17

monochromatic

#0F0618 #1A0B29 #38175A #56238B #7530BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#38175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#38175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38175A

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38175A	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.114 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725789',
    500: '#38175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38175a;
$custom-light: #725789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.552,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29344,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38175A

secondary

#67913C

accent

#E24595

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38175A

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

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