#38185E#38185E

#38185E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.118 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38185E
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.00, 31.35, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.00, 47.55, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(29.83% 0.0593 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(29.83% 0.118 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9774, 2.3021, 10.8223)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38185E #3E5E18

analogous

#181B5E #38185E #5B185E

triadic

#38185E #5E3818 #185E38

tetradic

#38185E #5E181B #3E5E18 #185E5B

square

#38185E #5E181B #3E5E18 #185E5B

split-complementary

#38185E #5E5B18 #1B5E18

monochromatic

#0F0618 #1B0C2D #38185E #55248F #7231C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#38185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#38185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38185E

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38185E	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.118 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73588c',
    500: '#38185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38185e;
$custom-light: #73588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29833,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38185E

secondary

#6D943D

accent

#E3459B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38185E

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

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