#38205B#38205B

#38205B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.102 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38205B
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 91)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 64.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 25.75, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 40.56, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(30.83% 0.0495 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(30.83% 0.102 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0353, 2.6291, 10.1904)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38205B #435B20

analogous

#20265B #38205B #56205B

triadic

#38205B #5B3820 #205B38

tetradic

#38205B #5B2026 #435B20 #205B56

square

#38205B #5B2026 #435B20 #205B56

split-complementary

#38205B #5B5620 #265B20

monochromatic

#0E0817 #1C102E #38205B #543088 #7040B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#38205B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#38205B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38205B

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38205B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38205B	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38205b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.102 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715d8a',
    500: '#38205b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38205b;
$custom-light: #715d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38205b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.407,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30834,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38205B

secondary

#728F47

accent

#D850A1

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38205B

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

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