#38207D#38207D

#38207D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.147 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38207D
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 125)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.41, 36.14, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.41, 60.64, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0445 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.147 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8480, 3.3542, 19.7373)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38207D #657D20

analogous

#20367D #38207D #66207D

triadic

#38207D #7D3820 #207D38

tetradic

#38207D #7D2036 #657D20 #207D66

square

#38207D #7D2036 #657D20 #207D66

split-complementary

#38207D #7D6620 #367D20

monochromatic

#0C071C #22144C #38207D #4E2CAE #6B47D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#38207D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#38207D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38207D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38207D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38207D	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38207d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.147 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775ea4',
    500: '#38207d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38207d;
$custom-light: #775ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38207d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 59.236,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33843,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38207D

secondary

#95B049

accent

#E245BA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38207D

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

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