#38207C#38207C

#38207C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.146 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38207C
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 124)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.32, 35.83, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.32, 60.07, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0447 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.146 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7844, 3.3287, 19.4026)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38207C #647C20

analogous

#20367C #38207C #66207C

triadic

#38207C #7C3820 #207C38

tetradic

#38207C #7C2036 #647C20 #207C66

square

#38207C #7C2036 #647C20 #207C66

split-complementary

#38207C #7C6620 #367C20

monochromatic

#0C071B #22134B #38207C #4E2DAD #6B47CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#38207C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#38207C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38207C

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38207C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38207C	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38207c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.146 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765ea3',
    500: '#38207c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38207c;
$custom-light: #765ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38207c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33746,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38207C

secondary

#94AF49

accent

#E246B9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38207C

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

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