#38195E#38195E

#38195E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.117 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38195E
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 94)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.20, 30.80, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.20, 46.94, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(29.98% 0.0581 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(29.98% 0.117 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9984, 2.3441, 10.8293)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38195E #3F5E19

analogous

#191C5E #38195E #5A195E

triadic

#38195E #5E3819 #195E38

tetradic

#38195E #5E191C #3F5E19 #195E5A

square

#38195E #5E191C #3F5E19 #195E5A

split-complementary

#38195E #5E5A19 #1C5E19

monochromatic

#0E0618 #1B0C2E #38195E #55268E #7233BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#38195E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#38195E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38195E

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38195E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38195E	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38195e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.117 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72588c',
    500: '#38195e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38195e;
$custom-light: #72588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38195e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29976,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38195E

secondary

#6E943F

accent

#E1479C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38195E

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