#38207B#38207B

#38207B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.144 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38207B
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 123)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 74%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 35.52, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 59.50, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.65% 0.0449 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(33.65% 0.144 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7215, 3.3036, 19.0712)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38207B #637B20

analogous

#20357B #38207B #65207B

triadic

#38207B #7B3820 #207B38

tetradic

#38207B #7B2035 #637B20 #207B65

square

#38207B #7B2035 #637B20 #207B65

split-complementary

#38207B #7B6520 #357B20

monochromatic

#0C071A #22134A #38207B #4E2DAC #6A46CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#38207B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38207B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38207B

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38207B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38207B	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38207b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.144 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765ea2',
    500: '#38207b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38207b;
$custom-light: #765ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38207b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.824,
    "s": 58.71,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3365,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38207B

secondary

#93AE49

accent

#E246B9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38207B

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

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