#38188D#38188D

#38188D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.174 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38188D
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 83%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 44.95, -58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 73.68, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0457 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.174 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7638, 3.4167, 25.4972)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38188D #6D8D18

analogous

#18338D #38188D #72188D

triadic

#38188D #8D3818 #188D38

tetradic

#38188D #8D1833 #6D8D18 #188D72

square

#38188D #8D1833 #6D8D18 #188D72

split-complementary

#38188D #8D7218 #338D18

monochromatic

#0E0624 #230F59 #38188D #4D21C1 #6C41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#38188D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38188D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38188D

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38188D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38188D	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#043C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38188d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.174 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5ab0',
    500: '#38188d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38188d;
$custom-light: #7a5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38188d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.41,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34498,
    "c": 0.17432,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38188D

secondary

#9DBF42

accent

#EE3ABD

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38188D

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

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