#38175B#38175B

#38175B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.116 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38175B
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.55, 31.06, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.55, 46.40, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(29.43% 0.061 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(29.43% 0.116 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8252, 2.2089, 10.1203)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38175B #3A5B17

analogous

#17185B #38175B #5A175B

triadic

#38175B #5B3817 #175B38

tetradic

#38175B #5B1718 #3A5B17 #175B5A

square

#38175B #5B1718 #3A5B17 #175B5A

split-complementary

#38175B #5B5A17 #185B17

monochromatic

#0F0618 #1A0B2A #38175B #56238C #7430BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.57

#38175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#38175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38175B

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38175B	1.00	14.57	1.44	14.57
#FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.116 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72578a',
    500: '#38175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38175b;
$custom-light: #72578a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.118,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29431,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38175B

secondary

#68923C

accent

#E34596

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38175B

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

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