#38187A#38187A

#38187A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.152 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38187A
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 80.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 39.44, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 63.44, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% 0.0521 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.152 290)
XYZ	xyz(5.4694, 2.8989, 18.6799)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38187A #5A7A18

analogous

#18297A #38187A #69187A

triadic

#38187A #7A3818 #187A38

tetradic

#38187A #7A1829 #5A7A18 #187A69

square

#38187A #7A1829 #5A7A18 #187A69

split-complementary

#38187A #7A6918 #297A18

monochromatic

#0C051A #210E47 #38187A #4F22AD #6A35D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#38187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38187A

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38187A	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.152 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7759a1',
    500: '#38187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38187a;
$custom-light: #7759a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.592,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32503,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.02899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38187A

secondary

#8AAF3F

accent

#EA3EB2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38187A

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

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