#38188E#38188E

#38188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.175 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38188E
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 45.24, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 74.21, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0454 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.175 285)
XYZ	xyz(6.8385, 3.4466, 25.8908)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38188E #6E8E18

analogous

#18338E #38188E #73188E

triadic

#38188E #8E3818 #188E38

tetradic

#38188E #8E1833 #6E8E18 #188E73

square

#38188E #8E1833 #6E8E18 #188E73

split-complementary

#38188E #8E7318 #338E18

monochromatic

#0F0625 #230F5A #38188E #4D21C2 #6C41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#38188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38188E

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38188E	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.175 285.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.271,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34606,
    "c": 0.17547,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.03447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38188E

secondary

#9EC042

accent

#EE3ABD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38188E

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

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