#38175C#38175C

#38175C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.117 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38175C
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.63, 31.34, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.63, 46.99, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(29.52% 0.0608 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(29.52% 0.117 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8686, 2.2262, 10.3490)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38175C #3B5C17

analogous

#17185C #38175C #5B175C

triadic

#38175C #5C3817 #175C38

tetradic

#38175C #5C1718 #3B5C17 #175C5B

square

#38175C #5C1718 #3B5C17 #175C5B

split-complementary

#38175C #5C5B17 #185C17

monochromatic

#0F0618 #1A0B2B #38175C #56238D #742FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#38175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#38175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38175C

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38175C	1.00	14.53	1.45	14.53
#FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.117 301.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29518,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38175C

secondary

#69933C

accent

#E34597

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38175C

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

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