#38198C#38198C

#38198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.172 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38198C
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(256, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.69, 44.21, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.69, 72.67, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0455 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.172 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7107, 3.4291, 25.1141)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38198C #6D8C19

analogous

#19338C #38198C #72198C

triadic

#38198C #8C3819 #198C38

tetradic

#38198C #8C1933 #6D8C19 #198C72

square

#38198C #8C1933 #6D8C19 #198C72

split-complementary

#38198C #8C7219 #338C19

monochromatic

#0E0624 #231058 #38198C #4D22C0 #6C42DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#38198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38198C

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38198C	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#073C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.172 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5baf',
    500: '#38198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38198c;
$custom-light: #7a5baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.174,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34497,
    "c": 0.1723,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38198C

secondary

#9DBE43

accent

#ED3BBD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38198C

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

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