#38176F#38176F

#38176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.140 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38176F
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.37, 36.74, -44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.37, 57.85, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(31.29% 0.0563 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(31.29% 0.14 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8057, 2.6011, 15.2847)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38176F #4E6F17

analogous

#17226F #38176F #64176F

triadic

#38176F #6F3817 #176F38

tetradic

#38176F #6F1722 #4E6F17 #176F64

square

#38176F #6F1722 #4E6F17 #176F64

split-complementary

#38176F #6F6417 #226F17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1E0C3C #38176F #5222A2 #6B2DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#38176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#38176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38176F

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38176F	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.140 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755899',
    500: '#38176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38176f;
$custom-light: #755899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31285,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38176F

secondary

#7EA53D

accent

#E93FA9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38176F

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

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