#38187D#38187D

#38187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.156 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38187D
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.94, 40.31, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.94, 65.09, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(32.81% 0.0512 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(32.81% 0.156 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6581, 2.9744, 19.6740)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38187D #5D7D18

analogous

#182B7D #38187D #6B187D

triadic

#38187D #7D3818 #187D38

tetradic

#38187D #7D182B #5D7D18 #187D6B

square

#38187D #7D182B #5D7D18 #187D6B

split-complementary

#38187D #7D6B18 #2B7D18

monochromatic

#0C051A #210E4A #38187D #4F22B0 #6A37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#38187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#38187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38187D

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38187D	1.00	13.17	1.60	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.156 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7759a4',
    500: '#38187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38187d;
$custom-light: #7759a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.01,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3281,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38187D

secondary

#8DB23F

accent

#EB3DB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38187D

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

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