#38197D#38197D

#38197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.155 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38197D
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.11, 39.83, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.11, 64.57, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(32.93% 0.0504 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(32.93% 0.155 289)
XYZ	xyz(5.6791, 3.0164, 19.6810)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38197D #5E7D19

analogous

#192C7D #38197D #6A197D

triadic

#38197D #7D3819 #197D38

tetradic

#38197D #7D192C #5E7D19 #197D6A

square

#38197D #7D192C #5E7D19 #197D6A

split-complementary

#38197D #7D6A19 #2C7D19

monochromatic

#0B051A #210F4A #38197D #4F23B0 #6A39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.10

#38197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#38197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38197D

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38197D	1.00	13.10	1.60	13.10
#FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.155 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775aa4',
    500: '#38197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38197d;
$custom-light: #775aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.6,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32927,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.03017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38197D

secondary

#8EB140

accent

#EA3EB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38197D

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

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