#38187E#38187E

#38187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.157 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38187E
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.04, 40.60, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.04, 65.63, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(32.91% 0.0508 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(32.91% 0.157 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7223, 3.0001, 20.0122)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38187E #5E7E18

analogous

#182B7E #38187E #6B187E

triadic

#38187E #7E3818 #187E38

tetradic

#38187E #7E182B #5E7E18 #187E6B

square

#38187E #7E182B #5E7E18 #187E6B

split-complementary

#38187E #7E6B18 #2B7E18

monochromatic

#0B051A #210E4B #38187E #4F22B1 #6A37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#38187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#38187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38187E

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38187E	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.157 288.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.824,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32913,
    "c": 0.15679,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38187E

secondary

#8EB23F

accent

#EB3DB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38187E

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

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