#38186C#38186C

#38186C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.135 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38186C
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 108)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 77.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.26, 35.37, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.26, 55.61, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(31.12% 0.0562 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(31.12% 0.135 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6636, 2.5766, 14.4361)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 5.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38186C #4C6C18

analogous

#18226C #38186C #62186C

triadic

#38186C #6C3818 #186C38

tetradic

#38186C #6C1822 #4C6C18 #186C62

square

#38186C #6C1822 #4C6C18 #186C62

split-complementary

#38186C #6C6218 #226C18

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D3A #38186C #52239E #6C2ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#38186C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#38186C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38186C

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38186C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38186C	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38186c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.135 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745897',
    500: '#38186c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38186c;
$custom-light: #745897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38186c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31121,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38186C

secondary

#7CA23E

accent

#E741A8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38186C

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

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