#38188F#38188F

#38188F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.177 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38188F
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 143)
HSL	hsl(256, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 45.53, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 74.73, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% 0.045 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.177 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9139, 3.4767, 26.2880)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38188F #6F8F18

analogous

#18348F #38188F #73188F

triadic

#38188F #8F3818 #188F38

tetradic

#38188F #8F1834 #6F8F18 #188F73

square

#38188F #8F1834 #6F8F18 #188F73

split-complementary

#38188F #8F7318 #348F18

monochromatic

#0F0626 #230F5B #38188F #4D21C3 #6C42DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#38188F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38188F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38188F

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38188F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38188F	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38188f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.177 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5bb1',
    500: '#38188f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38188f;
$custom-light: #7b5bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38188f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.134,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34714,
    "c": 0.17663,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38188F

secondary

#9EC043

accent

#EE3ABE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38188F

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

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