#38187F#38187F

#38187F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.158 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38187F
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 127)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.15, 40.89, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.15, 66.18, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.02% 0.0505 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(33.02% 0.158 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7872, 3.0260, 20.3537)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38187F #5F7F18

analogous

#182B7F #38187F #6C187F

triadic

#38187F #7F3818 #187F38

tetradic

#38187F #7F182B #5F7F18 #187F6C

square

#38187F #7F182B #5F7F18 #187F6C

split-complementary

#38187F #7F6C18 #2B7F18

monochromatic

#0B051A #210E4C #38187F #4F22B2 #6A38D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#38187F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#38187F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38187F

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38187F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38187F	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38187f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.158 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7859a5',
    500: '#38187f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38187f;
$custom-light: #7859a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38187f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.641,
    "s": 68.212,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33016,
    "c": 0.15797,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38187F

secondary

#8FB33F

accent

#EB3DB5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38187F

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

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