#38177F#38177F

#38177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.159 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38177F
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.99, 41.36, -52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.99, 66.68, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.9% 0.0512 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(32.9% 0.159 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7669, 2.9856, 20.3470)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 5.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38177F #5E7F17

analogous

#172A7F #38177F #6C177F

triadic

#38177F #7F3817 #177F38

tetradic

#38177F #7F172A #5E7F17 #177F6C

square

#38177F #7F172A #5E7F17 #177F6C

split-complementary

#38177F #7F6C17 #2A7F17

monochromatic

#0B051A #210E4B #38177F #4F20B3 #6A36DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#38177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#38177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38177F

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38177F	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.159 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7859a5',
    500: '#38177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38177f;
$custom-light: #7859a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.038,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32904,
    "c": 0.15893,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38177F

secondary

#8EB43E

accent

#EC3CB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38177F

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

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