#38197B#38197B

#38197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.152 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38197B
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.91, 39.24, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.91, 63.47, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(32.72% 0.051 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(32.72% 0.152 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5526, 2.9658, 19.0149)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38197B #5C7B19

analogous

#192B7B #38197B #69197B

triadic

#38197B #7B3819 #197B38

tetradic

#38197B #7B192B #5C7B19 #197B69

square

#38197B #7B192B #5C7B19 #197B69

split-complementary

#38197B #7B6919 #2B7B19

monochromatic

#0C0519 #210F48 #38197B #4F23AE #6A38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#38197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#38197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38197B

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38197B	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.152 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775aa2',
    500: '#38197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38197b;
$custom-light: #775aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.98,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32724,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38197B

secondary

#8CAF40

accent

#E93FB3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38197B

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

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