#38175D#38175D

#38175D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.118 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38175D
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.72, 31.62, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.72, 47.57, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(29.61% 0.0607 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(29.61% 0.118 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9126, 2.2438, 10.5808)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38175D #3C5D17

analogous

#17195D #38175D #5B175D

triadic

#38175D #5D3817 #175D38

tetradic

#38175D #5D1719 #3C5D17 #175D5B

square

#38175D #5D1719 #3C5D17 #175D5B

split-complementary

#38175D #5D5B17 #195D17

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1A0B2C #38175D #56238E #732FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#38175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#38175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38175D

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38175D	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.118 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73578b',
    500: '#38175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38175d;
$custom-light: #73578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.286,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29606,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38175D

secondary

#6A943C

accent

#E34498

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38175D

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

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