#38196A#38196A

#38196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.132 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38196A
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.26, 34.26, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.26, 53.90, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(31.06% 0.0557 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(31.06% 0.132 295)
XYZ	xyz(4.5793, 2.5765, 13.8889)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38196A #4B6A19

analogous

#19226A #38196A #60196A

triadic

#38196A #6A3819 #196A38

tetradic

#38196A #6A1922 #4B6A19 #196A60

square

#38196A #6A1922 #4B6A19 #196A60

split-complementary

#38196A #6A6019 #226A19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D38 #38196A #52259C #6C30CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#38196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#38196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38196A

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38196A	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.132 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745995',
    500: '#38196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38196a;
$custom-light: #745995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.963,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31063,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.02577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38196A

secondary

#7BA03F

accent

#E543A7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38196A

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

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