#38176C#38176C

#38176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.136 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38176C
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.08, 35.88, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.08, 56.16, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(30.99% 0.0571 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(30.99% 0.136 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6433, 2.5361, 14.4293)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38176C #4B6C17

analogous

#17216C #38176C #62176C

triadic

#38176C #6C3817 #176C38

tetradic

#38176C #6C1721 #4B6C17 #176C62

square

#38176C #6C1721 #4B6C17 #176C62

split-complementary

#38176C #6C6217 #216C17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1E0C3A #38176C #52229E #6C2CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#38176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#38176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38176C

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38176C	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.136 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755897',
    500: '#38176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38176c;
$custom-light: #755897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.294,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30994,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38176C

secondary

#7BA23D

accent

#E840A7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38176C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →