#38185B#38185B

#38185B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.114 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38185B
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.74, 30.51, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.74, 45.80, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(29.57% 0.0598 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(29.57% 0.114 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8454, 2.2493, 10.1271)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38185B #3B5B18

analogous

#18195B #38185B #5A185B

triadic

#38185B #5B3818 #185B38

tetradic

#38185B #5B1819 #3B5B18 #185B5A

square

#38185B #5B1819 #3B5B18 #185B5A

split-complementary

#38185B #5B5A18 #195B18

monochromatic

#0F0618 #1A0B2B #38185B #56258B #7432BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#38185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#38185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38185B

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38185B	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.114 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72588a',
    500: '#38185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38185b;
$custom-light: #72588a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29572,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38185B

secondary

#69923D

accent

#E14697

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38185B

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

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