#38176B#38176B

#38176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.135 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38176B
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.99, 35.59, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.99, 55.60, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(30.9% 0.0574 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(30.9% 0.135 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5904, 2.5150, 14.1506)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38176B #4A6B17

analogous

#17206B #38176B #62176B

triadic

#38176B #6B3817 #176B38

tetradic

#38176B #6B1720 #4A6B17 #176B62

square

#38176B #6B1720 #4A6B17 #176B62

split-complementary

#38176B #6B6217 #206B17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1E0C39 #38176B #52229D #6D2DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.97

#38176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#38176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38176B

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38176B	1.00	13.97	1.50	13.97
#FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.135 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745896',
    500: '#38176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38176b;
$custom-light: #745896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30898,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38176B

secondary

#7AA13D

accent

#E840A6

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38176B

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

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