#38196E#38196E

#38196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.136 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38196E
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.63, 35.43, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.63, 56.18, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(31.44% 0.0547 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(31.44% 0.136 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7922, 2.6617, 15.0101)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38196E #4F6E19

analogous

#19256E #38196E #63196E

triadic

#38196E #6E3819 #196E38

tetradic

#38196E #6E1925 #4F6E19 #196E63

square

#38196E #6E1925 #4F6E19 #196E63

split-complementary

#38196E #6E6319 #256E19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1F0E3C #38196E #5124A0 #6B31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#38196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#38196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38196E

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38196E	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.136 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755998',
    500: '#38196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38196e;
$custom-light: #755998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.882,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31442,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38196E

secondary

#7FA33F

accent

#E642AA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38196E

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

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