#38176E#38176E

#38176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.139 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38176E
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, 36.46, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 57.29, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(31.19% 0.0566 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(31.19% 0.139 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7510, 2.5792, 14.9963)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38176E #4D6E17

analogous

#17216E #38176E #63176E

triadic

#38176E #6E3817 #176E38

tetradic

#38176E #6E1721 #4D6E17 #176E63

square

#38176E #6E1721 #4D6E17 #176E63

split-complementary

#38176E #6E6317 #216E17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1E0C3B #38176E #5222A1 #6C2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#38176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#38176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38176E

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38176E	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.139 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755898',
    500: '#38176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38176e;
$custom-light: #755898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.759,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31188,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38176E

secondary

#7DA43D

accent

#E83FA8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38176E

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

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