#38178D#38178D

#38178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.175 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38178D
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.49, 45.39, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.49, 74.14, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0463 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.175 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7435, 3.3762, 25.4905)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38178D #6C8D17

analogous

#17318D #38178D #73178D

triadic

#38178D #8D3817 #178D38

tetradic

#38178D #8D1731 #6C8D17 #178D73

square

#38178D #8D1731 #6C8D17 #178D73

split-complementary

#38178D #8D7317 #318D17

monochromatic

#0E0624 #230E58 #38178D #4D20C2 #6C3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#38178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38178D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38178D	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#053B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.175 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5ab0',
    500: '#38178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38178d;
$custom-light: #7a5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.78,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34395,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38178D

secondary

#9CC040

accent

#EF39BC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38178D

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

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