#38177E#38177E

#38177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.158 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38177E
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.88, 41.07, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.88, 66.14, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(32.8% 0.0516 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(32.8% 0.158 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7021, 2.9596, 20.0054)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38177E #5D7E17

analogous

#172A7E #38177E #6C177E

triadic

#38177E #7E3817 #177E38

tetradic

#38177E #7E172A #5D7E17 #177E6C

square

#38177E #7E172A #5D7E17 #177E6C

split-complementary

#38177E #7E6C17 #2A7E17

monochromatic

#0C051A #210E4A #38177E #4F20B2 #6A35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#38177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#38177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38177E

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38177E	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.158 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7859a4',
    500: '#38177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38177e;
$custom-light: #7859a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.223,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.328,
    "c": 0.15776,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38177E

secondary

#8DB33E

accent

#EC3CB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38177E

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

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