#38186A#38186A

#38186A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.133 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38186A
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 106)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 77.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.07, 34.79, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.07, 54.47, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30.93% 0.0567 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(30.93% 0.133 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5583, 2.5345, 13.8819)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38186A #4A6A18

analogous

#18216A #38186A #61186A

triadic

#38186A #6A3818 #186A38

tetradic

#38186A #6A1821 #4A6A18 #186A61

square

#38186A #6A1821 #4A6A18 #186A61

split-complementary

#38186A #6A6118 #216A18

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D38 #38186A #52239C #6D2FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#38186A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#38186A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38186A

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38186A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38186A	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38186a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.133 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745895',
    500: '#38186a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38186a;
$custom-light: #745895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38186a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.415,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30931,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38186A

secondary

#7AA03E

accent

#E642A6

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38186A

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

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