#38186D#38186D

#38186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.136 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38186D
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.36, 35.66, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.36, 56.18, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(31.22% 0.0559 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(31.22% 0.136 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7171, 2.5980, 14.7180)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38186D #4D6D18

analogous

#18226D #38186D #62186D

triadic

#38186D #6D3818 #186D38

tetradic

#38186D #6D1822 #4D6D18 #186D62

square

#38186D #6D1822 #4D6D18 #186D62

split-complementary

#38186D #6D6218 #226D18

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D3B #38186D #52239F #6C2ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#38186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#38186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38186D

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38186D	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.136 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755898',
    500: '#38186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38186d;
$custom-light: #755898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.588,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31217,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38186D

secondary

#7DA33E

accent

#E741A8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38186D

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

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