#38185A#38185A

#38185A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.113 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38185A
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 90)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.66, 30.22, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.66, 45.21, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(29.49% 0.06 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(29.49% 0.113 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8025, 2.2322, 9.9014)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38185A #3A5A18

analogous

#18195A #38185A #59185A

triadic

#38185A #5A3818 #185A38

tetradic

#38185A #5A1819 #3A5A18 #185A59

square

#38185A #5A1819 #3A5A18 #185A59

split-complementary

#38185A #5A5918 #195A18

monochromatic

#0F0618 #1A0B2A #38185A #56258A #7432BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#38185A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#38185A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38185A

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38185A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38185A	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38185a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.113 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725789',
    500: '#38185a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38185a;
$custom-light: #725789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38185a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29486,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38185A

secondary

#68913D

accent

#E14796

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38185A

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

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