#38197F#38197F

#38197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.157 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38197F
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(258, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(258, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.31, 40.41, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.31, 65.67, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% 0.0498 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.157 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8082, 3.0680, 20.3607)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.17

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38197F #607F19

analogous

#192D7F #38197F #6B197F

triadic

#38197F #7F3819 #197F38

tetradic

#38197F #7F192D #607F19 #197F6B

square

#38197F #7F192D #607F19 #197F6B

split-complementary

#38197F #7F6B19 #2D7F19

monochromatic

#0B051A #210F4C #38197F #4F23B2 #6A3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#38197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#38197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38197F

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38197F	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.157 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785aa5',
    500: '#38197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38197f;
$custom-light: #785aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.235,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33132,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38197F

secondary

#90B341

accent

#EA3EB6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38197F

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

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