#38176A#38176A

#38176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.134 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38176A
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.89, 35.31, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.89, 55.03, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(30.8% 0.0577 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(30.8% 0.134 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5381, 2.4940, 13.8752)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38176A #496A17

analogous

#17206A #38176A #61176A

triadic

#38176A #6A3817 #176A38

tetradic

#38176A #6A1720 #496A17 #176A61

square

#38176A #6A1720 #496A17 #176A61

split-complementary

#38176A #6A6117 #206A17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1D0C38 #38176A #53229C #6D2DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.01

#38176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#38176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38176A

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38176A	1.00	14.01	1.50	14.01
#FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.134 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745895',
    500: '#38176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38176a;
$custom-light: #745895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.855,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30802,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38176A

secondary

#79A03D

accent

#E740A5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38176A

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

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