#38186B#38186B

#38186B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.134 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38186B
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 107)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 35.08, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 55.04, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(31.03% 0.0564 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(31.03% 0.134 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6106, 2.5554, 14.1574)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38186B #4B6B18

analogous

#18216B #38186B #61186B

triadic

#38186B #6B3818 #186B38

tetradic

#38186B #6B1821 #4B6B18 #186B61

square

#38186B #6B1821 #4B6B18 #186B61

split-complementary

#38186B #6B6118 #216B18

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D39 #38186B #52239D #6C2ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#38186B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#38186B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38186B

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38186B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38186B	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38186b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.134 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745896',
    500: '#38186b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38186b;
$custom-light: #745896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38186b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.133,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31025,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38186B

secondary

#7BA13E

accent

#E641A7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38186B

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

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