#38196C#38196C

#38196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.134 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38196C
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 34.84, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 55.04, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.0552 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.134 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6846, 2.6186, 14.4431)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38196C #4D6C19

analogous

#19236C #38196C #61196C

triadic

#38196C #6C3819 #196C38

tetradic

#38196C #6C1923 #4D6C19 #196C61

square

#38196C #6C1923 #4D6C19 #196C61

split-complementary

#38196C #6C6119 #236C19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D3A #38196C #52259E #6C30CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#38196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#38196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38196C

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38196C	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.134 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745997',
    500: '#38196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38196c;
$custom-light: #745997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.41,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31251,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38196C

secondary

#7DA13F

accent

#E542A9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38196C

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

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