#38196B#38196B

#38196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.133 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38196B
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.35, 34.55, -42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.35, 54.47, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(31.16% 0.0554 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(31.16% 0.133 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6316, 2.5974, 14.1644)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 5.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38196B #4C6B19

analogous

#19236B #38196B #61196B

triadic

#38196B #6B3819 #196B38

tetradic

#38196B #6B1923 #4C6B19 #196B61

square

#38196B #6B1923 #4C6B19 #196B61

split-complementary

#38196B #6B6119 #236B19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D39 #38196B #52259D #6C30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#38196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#38196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38196B

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38196B	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.133 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745996',
    500: '#38196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38196b;
$custom-light: #745996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.683,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31157,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38196B

secondary

#7CA13F

accent

#E543A8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38196B

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

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