#38198E#38198E

#38198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.175 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38198E
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 44.80, -58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 73.73, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% 0.0448 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.175 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8595, 3.4886, 25.8978)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38198E #6F8E19

analogous

#19358E #38198E #72198E

triadic

#38198E #8E3819 #198E38

tetradic

#38198E #8E1935 #6F8E19 #198E72

square

#38198E #8E1935 #6F8E19 #198E72

split-complementary

#38198E #8E7219 #358E19

monochromatic

#0F0726 #23105A #38198E #4D22C2 #6C43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#38198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38198E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38198E	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.175 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5bb0',
    500: '#38198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38198e;
$custom-light: #7a5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.897,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34711,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38198E

secondary

#9EBF44

accent

#ED3BBE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38198E

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

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