#38206E#38206E

#38206E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.127 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38206E
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 110)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.04, 31.51, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.04, 51.95, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.44% 0.0475 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(32.44% 0.127 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9611, 2.9994, 15.0664)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38206E #566E20

analogous

#202F6E #38206E #5F206E

triadic

#38206E #6E3820 #206E38

tetradic

#38206E #6E202F #566E20 #206E5F

square

#38206E #6E202F #566E20 #206E5F

split-complementary

#38206E #6E5F20 #2F6E20

monochromatic

#0C0718 #20123F #38206E #502E9D #6A41C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#38206E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#38206E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38206E

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38206E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38206E	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38206e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.127 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745d98',
    500: '#38206e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38206e;
$custom-light: #745d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38206e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32443,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38206E

secondary

#86A248

accent

#DE4AB1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38206E

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

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