#38198F#38198F

#38198F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.176 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38198F
RGB	rgb(56, 25, 143)
HSL	hsl(256, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 82.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 45.09, -59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 74.26, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.0445 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.176 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9349, 3.5187, 26.2950)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38198F #708F19

analogous

#19358F #38198F #73198F

triadic

#38198F #8F3819 #198F38

tetradic

#38198F #8F1935 #708F19 #198F73

square

#38198F #8F1935 #708F19 #198F73

split-complementary

#38198F #8F7319 #358F19

monochromatic

#0F0727 #24105B #38198F #4C22C3 #6D44DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#38198F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38198F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38198F

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38198F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38198F	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38198f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 25, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.176 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5bb1',
    500: '#38198f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38198f;
$custom-light: #7a5bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38198f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.763,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34819,
    "c": 0.17579,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38198F

secondary

#9FBF44

accent

#ED3BBE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38198F

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

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