#38186F#38186F

#38186F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.139 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38186F
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 111)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 36.24, -44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 57.31, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% 0.0554 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.139 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8260, 2.6416, 15.2914)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38186F #4F6F18

analogous

#18246F #38186F #64186F

triadic

#38186F #6F3818 #186F38

tetradic

#38186F #6F1824 #4F6F18 #186F64

square

#38186F #6F1824 #4F6F18 #186F64

split-complementary

#38186F #6F6418 #246F18

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1F0D3D #38186F #5123A1 #6B2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#38186F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#38186F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38186F

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38186F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38186F	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38186f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.139 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755999',
    500: '#38186f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38186f;
$custom-light: #755999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38186f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.069,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3141,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38186F

secondary

#7FA53E

accent

#E740AA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38186F

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

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