#38178F#38178F

#38178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.177 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38178F
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 45.96, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 75.19, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0456 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.177 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8937, 3.4363, 26.2813)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38178F #6E8F17

analogous

#17328F #38178F #74178F

triadic

#38178F #8F3817 #178F38

tetradic

#38178F #8F1732 #6E8F17 #178F74

square

#38178F #8F1732 #6E8F17 #178F74

split-complementary

#38178F #8F7417 #328F17

monochromatic

#0F0626 #230F5A #38178F #4D1FC4 #6C40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#38178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38178F

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38178F	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.177 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5ab1',
    500: '#38178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38178f;
$custom-light: #7b5ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34613,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38178F

secondary

#9EC141

accent

#EF39BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38178F

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

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