#38175E#38175E

#38175E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.119 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38175E
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.80, 31.90, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.80, 48.15, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(29.7% 0.0605 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(29.7% 0.119 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9572, 2.2617, 10.8156)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38175E #3D5E17

analogous

#171A5E #38175E #5B175E

triadic

#38175E #5E3817 #175E38

tetradic

#38175E #5E171A #3D5E17 #175E5B

square

#38175E #5E171A #3D5E17 #175E5B

split-complementary

#38175E #5E5B17 #1A5E17

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1B0B2D #38175E #55238F #732FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.46

#38175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#38175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38175E

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38175E	1.00	14.46	1.45	14.46
#FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.119 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73578c',
    500: '#38175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38175e;
$custom-light: #73578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29695,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38175E

secondary

#6C953C

accent

#E4449A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38175E

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

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