#38136F

sRGB · 56 / 19 / 111

#38136F belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 56 red, 19 green and 111 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 264.1° lands in the violet region. Its 70.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 25.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 56, 19, 111
HSL: 264.13°, 70.77%, 25.49%
HSV / HSB: 264.13°, 82.88%, 43.53%
CMYK (approx.): 49.55%, 82.88%, 0.00%, 56.47%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 4.733, 2.454, 15.264
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 17.710, 38.645, -45.767
WCAG relative luminance: 0.02454
24-bit decimal: 3674991

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #38136F in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.49:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 14.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4A6F13 sits half a turn (180°) from #38136F on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#38136F #4A6F13

Analogous

#131C6F and #66136F sit 30° to either side of #38136F. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#131C6F #38136F #66136F

Triadic

#38136F, #6F3813 and #136F38 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#38136F #6F3813 #136F38

Split complementary

Start at #38136F and look across the wheel. #6F6613 and #1C6F13 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#38136F #6F6613 #1C6F13

Square

Starting with #38136F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #6F131C, #4A6F13, then #136F66. Across the square, #38136F pairs with #4A6F13, and #6F131C with #136F66.

#38136F #6F131C #4A6F13 #136F66

Tetradic

#38136F and #4A6F13 are opposites, as are #6F134A and #136F38. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#38136F #6F134A #4A6F13 #136F38

Tints

Mixing #38136F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #60428C, keeps 80% of the original. By #D7D0E2, the mixture is 80% white.

#38136F #60428C #8871A9 #AFA1C5 #D7D0E2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #38136F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2D0F59, keeps 80% of the original. By #0B0416, the mixture is 80% black.

#38136F #2D0F59 #220B43 #16082C #0B0416 #000000

Tones

Mixing #38136F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #462972, keeps 80% of the original. By #726A7D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#38136F #462972 #553F76 #635479 #726A7D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#38136F

RGB

rgb(56 19 111)

HSL

hsl(264.130 70.769% 25.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #38136F;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#38136F uses 56 red, 19 green and 111 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 22.0%

Green 7.5%

Blue 43.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #38136F is 49.5% cyan, 82.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 56.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 49.5%

Magenta 82.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 56.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #331177. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #317 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #38136F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #331177 Nearest web-safe · #330066

Gradient to complement

#38136F #3B2260 #3E3250 #414141 #445032 #476022 #4A6F13

Color vision previews

Compare how #38136F appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#002C72

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#002A6D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#272D41

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#022570

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#03256E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#331F61

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#2B2B2B

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#322155

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.03955 G 0.00651 B 0.15896

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.20184 G 0.08319 B 0.41807

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.03368 G 0.00761 B 0.14588

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.211 y 0.109 Y 2.454

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 78.039 M % 92.549 Y % 56.471

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00111000 00010011 01101111