#38207A#38207A

#38207A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.143 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38207A
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 122)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 73.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 35.21, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 58.92, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(33.56% 0.0452 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(33.56% 0.143 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6592, 3.2787, 18.7432)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38207A #627A20

analogous

#20357A #38207A #65207A

triadic

#38207A #7A3820 #207A38

tetradic

#38207A #7A2035 #627A20 #207A65

square

#38207A #7A2035 #627A20 #207A65

split-complementary

#38207A #7A6520 #357A20

monochromatic

#0B0719 #22134A #38207A #4E2DAA #6A46CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#38207A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38207A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38207A

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38207A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38207A	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38207a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.143 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765ea1',
    500: '#38207a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38207a;
$custom-light: #765ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38207a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33555,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38207A

secondary

#92AD49

accent

#E246B8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38207A

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

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