#38195D#38195D

#38195D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.115 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38195D
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 93)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.11, 30.51, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.11, 46.35, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(29.89% 0.0583 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(29.89% 0.115 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9538, 2.3263, 10.5945)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38195D #3E5D19

analogous

#191C5D #38195D #5A195D

triadic

#38195D #5D3819 #195D38

tetradic

#38195D #5D191C #3E5D19 #195D5A

square

#38195D #5D191C #3E5D19 #195D5A

split-complementary

#38195D #5D5A19 #1C5D19

monochromatic

#0F0618 #1B0C2D #38195D #55268D #7233BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#38195D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#38195D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38195D

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38195D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38195D	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38195d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.115 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72588b',
    500: '#38195d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38195d;
$custom-light: #72588b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38195d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.353,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29889,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38195D

secondary

#6D933F

accent

#E1479B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38195D

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

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