#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
RGBrgb(56, 25, 142)
HSLhsl(256, 70%, 33%)
HSVhsv(256, 82%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(60.6%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(21.90, 44.80, -58.57)
CIE-LCHlch(21.90, 73.73, 307.41°)
OKLaboklab(34.71% 0.0448 -0.1688)
OKLCHoklch(34.71% 0.175 284.9)
XYZxyz(6.8595, 3.4886, 25.8978)
Luminance0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##38198E1.0012.371.7012.37
#FFFFFF12.371.0021.001.00
#0000001.7021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.371.0021.001.00

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

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#38198E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva