#38185D#38185D

#38185D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.117 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38185D
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 93)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.91, 31.07, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.91, 46.97, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(29.75% 0.0595 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(29.75% 0.117 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9328, 2.2843, 10.5875)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38185D #3D5D18

analogous

#181B5D #38185D #5A185D

triadic

#38185D #5D3818 #185D38

tetradic

#38185D #5D181B #3D5D18 #185D5A

square

#38185D #5D181B #3D5D18 #185D5A

split-complementary

#38185D #5D5A18 #1B5D18

monochromatic

#0F0618 #1B0B2C #38185D #55258E #7331BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#38185D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#38185D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38185D

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38185D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38185D	1.00	14.42	1.46	14.42
#FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38185d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.117 300.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38185d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29746,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38185D

secondary

#6C933D

accent

#E2469A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38185D

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

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