#38197E#38197E

#38197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.156 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38197E
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(258, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(258, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.21, 40.12, -51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.21, 65.12, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(33.03% 0.0501 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(33.03% 0.156 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7433, 3.0421, 20.0192)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38197E #5F7E19

analogous

#192D7E #38197E #6B197E

triadic

#38197E #7E3819 #197E38

tetradic

#38197E #7E192D #5F7E19 #197E6B

square

#38197E #7E192D #5F7E19 #197E6B

split-complementary

#38197E #7E6B19 #2D7E19

monochromatic

#0B051A #210F4B #38197E #4F23B1 #6A3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#38197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#38197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38197E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38197E	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.156 288.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.416,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3303,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38197E

secondary

#8FB241

accent

#EA3EB5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38197E

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

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