#38177A#38177A

#38177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.153 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38177A
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.47, 39.92, -49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.47, 63.95, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(32.39% 0.0529 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(32.39% 0.153 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4491, 2.8584, 18.6732)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38177A #597A17

analogous

#17277A #38177A #69177A

triadic

#38177A #7A3817 #177A38

tetradic

#38177A #7A1727 #597A17 #177A69

square

#38177A #7A1727 #597A17 #177A69

split-complementary

#38177A #7A6917 #277A17

monochromatic

#0C051A #200D47 #38177A #5021AD #6A33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#38177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38177A

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38177A	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.153 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7759a1',
    500: '#38177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38177a;
$custom-light: #7759a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32387,
    "c": 0.15306,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38177A

secondary

#89AF3E

accent

#EB3DB1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38177A

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

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