#38197A#38197A

#38197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.151 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38197A
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.81, 38.95, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.81, 62.92, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% 0.0513 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.151 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4904, 2.9409, 18.6869)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38197A #5B7A19

analogous

#192B7A #38197A #69197A

triadic

#38197A #7A3819 #197A38

tetradic

#38197A #7A192B #5B7A19 #197A69

square

#38197A #7A192B #5B7A19 #197A69

split-complementary

#38197A #7A6919 #2B7A19

monochromatic

#0C0519 #210F47 #38197A #4F23AD #6A37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.22

#38197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#38197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38197A

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38197A	1.00	13.22	1.59	13.22
#FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.151 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775aa1',
    500: '#38197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38197a;
$custom-light: #775aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.175,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32623,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38197A

secondary

#8BAF40

accent

#E93FB3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38197A

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

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