#38175F#38175F

#38175F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.121 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38175F
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.89, 32.18, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.89, 48.73, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(29.78% 0.0603 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(29.78% 0.121 300)
XYZ	xyz(4.0023, 2.2797, 11.0534)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38175F #3E5F17

analogous

#171A5F #38175F #5C175F

triadic

#38175F #5F3817 #175F38

tetradic

#38175F #5F171A #3E5F17 #175F5C

square

#38175F #5F171A #3E5F17 #175F5C

split-complementary

#38175F #5F5C17 #1A5F17

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1B0B2E #38175F #552390 #722FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#38175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#38175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38175F

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38175F	1.00	14.42	1.46	14.42
#FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.121 300.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29784,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.0228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38175F

secondary

#6D963C

accent

#E4449B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38175F

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

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