#38177D#38177D

#38177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.157 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38177D
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.78, 40.79, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.78, 65.59, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(32.7% 0.0519 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(32.7% 0.157 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6379, 2.9339, 19.6673)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38177D #5C7D17

analogous

#17297D #38177D #6B177D

triadic

#38177D #7D3817 #177D38

tetradic

#38177D #7D1729 #5C7D17 #177D6B

square

#38177D #7D1729 #5C7D17 #177D6B

split-complementary

#38177D #7D6B17 #297D17

monochromatic

#0C051A #210D49 #38177D #4F21B1 #6A35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#38177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#38177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38177D

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38177D	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.157 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7759a4',
    500: '#38177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38177d;
$custom-light: #7759a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32696,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38177D

secondary

#8CB23E

accent

#EC3CB3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38177D

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

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