#38196F#38196F

#38196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.138 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38196F
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 35.72, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 56.75, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(31.54% 0.0544 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(31.54% 0.138 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8470, 2.6836, 15.2984)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38196F #506F19

analogous

#19256F #38196F #63196F

triadic

#38196F #6F3819 #196F38

tetradic

#38196F #6F1925 #506F19 #196F63

square

#38196F #6F1925 #506F19 #196F63

split-complementary

#38196F #6F6319 #256F19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1F0E3D #38196F #5124A1 #6B32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#38196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#38196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38196F

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38196F	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.138 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755999',
    500: '#38196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38196f;
$custom-light: #755999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31538,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38196F

secondary

#80A43F

accent

#E642AB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38196F

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

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