#38197C#38197C

#38197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.153 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38197C
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.01, 39.53, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.01, 64.02, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(32.82% 0.0507 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(32.82% 0.153 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6155, 2.9910, 19.3463)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38197C #5D7C19

analogous

#192C7C #38197C #6A197C

triadic

#38197C #7C3819 #197C38

tetradic

#38197C #7C192C #5D7C19 #197C6A

square

#38197C #7C192C #5D7C19 #197C6A

split-complementary

#38197C #7C6A19 #2C7C19

monochromatic

#0C0519 #210F49 #38197C #4F23AF #6A38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#38197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#38197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38197C

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38197C	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.153 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775aa3',
    500: '#38197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38197c;
$custom-light: #775aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.788,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32825,
    "c": 0.15341,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38197C

secondary

#8DB040

accent

#E93EB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38197C

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

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