#38178E#38178E

#38178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.176 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38178E
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.60, 45.68, -59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.60, 74.67, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.046 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.176 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8183, 3.4061, 25.8841)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38178E #6D8E17

analogous

#17318E #38178E #74178E

triadic

#38178E #8E3817 #178E38

tetradic

#38178E #8E1731 #6D8E17 #178E74

square

#38178E #8E1731 #6D8E17 #178E74

split-complementary

#38178E #8E7417 #318E17

monochromatic

#0E0625 #230E59 #38178E #4D20C3 #6C3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#38178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38178E

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38178E	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.176 285.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.639,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34504,
    "c": 0.17631,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38178E

secondary

#9DC040

accent

#EF39BC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38178E

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

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