#381B59#381B59

#381B59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.107 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#381B59
RGB	rgb(56, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, 28.22, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 42.72, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(29.85% 0.0563 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(29.85% 0.107 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8256, 2.3459, 9.7005)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#381B59 #3C591B

analogous

#1B1D59 #381B59 #571B59

triadic

#381B59 #59381B #1B5938

tetradic

#381B59 #591B1D #3C591B #1B5957

square

#381B59 #591B1D #3C591B #1B5957

split-complementary

#381B59 #59571B #1D591B

monochromatic

#0F0717 #1A0D2A #381B59 #562988 #7337B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#381B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#381B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #381B59

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##381B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##381B59	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312937

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #381b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.107 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725988',
    500: '#381b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #381b59;
$custom-light: #725988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#381b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.065,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29852,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#381B59

secondary

#6A8F41

accent

#DD4B99

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #381B59

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

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