#38207E#38207E

#38207E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.148 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38207E
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 126)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 74.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 36.45, -49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 61.21, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(33.94% 0.0443 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(33.94% 0.148 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9122, 3.3798, 20.0755)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38207E #667E20

analogous

#20377E #38207E #67207E

triadic

#38207E #7E3820 #207E38

tetradic

#38207E #7E2037 #667E20 #207E67

square

#38207E #7E2037 #667E20 #207E67

split-complementary

#38207E #7E6720 #377E20

monochromatic

#0D071C #22144D #38207E #4E2CAF #6B48D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#38207E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38207E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38207E

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38207E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38207E	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38207e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.148 287.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38207e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.319,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33939,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38207E

secondary

#96B149

accent

#E345BA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38207E

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

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