#38177B#38177B

#38177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.154 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38177B
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.57, 40.21, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.57, 64.50, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(32.49% 0.0526 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(32.49% 0.154 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5114, 2.8834, 19.0012)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38177B #5A7B17

analogous

#17287B #38177B #6A177B

triadic

#38177B #7B3817 #177B38

tetradic

#38177B #7B1728 #5A7B17 #177B6A

square

#38177B #7B1728 #5A7B17 #177B6A

split-complementary

#38177B #7B6A17 #287B17

monochromatic

#0C051A #210D47 #38177B #4F21AF #6A33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#38177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38177B

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38177B	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.154 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7759a2',
    500: '#38177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38177b;
$custom-light: #7759a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.8,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3249,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38177B

secondary

#8AB03E

accent

#EB3CB2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38177B

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

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