#38186E#38186E

#38186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.138 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38186E
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 35.95, -43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 56.74, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(31.31% 0.0556 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(31.31% 0.138 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7712, 2.6197, 15.0031)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38186E #4E6E18

analogous

#18236E #38186E #63186E

triadic

#38186E #6E3818 #186E38

tetradic

#38186E #6E1823 #4E6E18 #186E63

square

#38186E #6E1823 #4E6E18 #186E63

split-complementary

#38186E #6E6318 #236E18

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1E0D3C #38186E #5223A0 #6B2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#38186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#38186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38186E

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38186E	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.138 293.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.326,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31313,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38186E

secondary

#7EA43E

accent

#E741A9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38186E

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

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