#38189F#38189F

#38189F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.195 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38189F
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 50.11, -66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 82.98, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0393 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.195 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2136, 3.9966, 33.1328)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38189F #7F9F18

analogous

#183C9F #38189F #7B189F

triadic

#38189F #9F3818 #189F38

tetradic

#38189F #9F183C #7F9F18 #189F7B

square

#38189F #9F183C #7F9F18 #189F7B

split-complementary

#38189F #9F7B18 #3C9F18

monochromatic

#130835 #25106A #38189F #4B20D4 #714DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#38189F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#38189F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38189F

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38189F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38189F	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00339D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38189f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.195 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5cbd',
    500: '#38189f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38189f;
$custom-light: #7e5cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38189f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.222,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36482,
    "c": 0.19484,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38189F

secondary

#A9C64D

accent

#F037C5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38189F

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

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