#38198A#38198A

#38198A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.170 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38198A
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 81.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 43.63, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 71.61, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0461 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.17 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5646, 3.3706, 24.3445)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38198A #6B8A19

analogous

#19338A #38198A #71198A

triadic

#38198A #8A3819 #198A38

tetradic

#38198A #8A1933 #6B8A19 #198A71

square

#38198A #8A1933 #6B8A19 #198A71

split-complementary

#38198A #8A7119 #338A19

monochromatic

#0E0622 #231056 #38198A #4D22BE #6C41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#38198A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#38198A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38198A

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38198A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38198A	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00368D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38198a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.170 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5bad',
    500: '#38198a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38198a;
$custom-light: #7a5bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38198a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.46,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34283,
    "c": 0.16997,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38198A

secondary

#9BBD42

accent

#EC3CBC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38198A

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

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