#38205E#38205E

#38205E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.106 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38205E
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 94)
HSL	hsl(263, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 66%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.72, 26.65, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.72, 42.38, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.07% 0.0493 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(31.07% 0.106 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1673, 2.6819, 10.8856)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38205E #465E20

analogous

#20275E #38205E #57205E

triadic

#38205E #5E3820 #205E38

tetradic

#38205E #5E2027 #465E20 #205E57

square

#38205E #5E2027 #465E20 #205E57

split-complementary

#38205E #5E5720 #275E20

monochromatic

#0E0817 #1D1030 #38205E #53308C #6E3FB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#38205E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#38205E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38205E

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38205E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38205E	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38205e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.106 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725d8c',
    500: '#38205e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38205e;
$custom-light: #725d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38205e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31074,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38205E

secondary

#759247

accent

#D94FA3

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38205E

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

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