#38208A#38208A

#38208A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.163 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38208A
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 138)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 40.15, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 67.93, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.0413 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.163 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7334, 3.7083, 24.4008)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38208A #728A20

analogous

#203D8A #38208A #6D208A

triadic

#38208A #8A3820 #208A38

tetradic

#38208A #8A203D #728A20 #208A6D

square

#38208A #8A203D #728A20 #208A6D

split-complementary

#38208A #8A6D20 #3D8A20

monochromatic

#100927 #241458 #38208A #4C2CBC #6D4ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#38208A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#38208A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38208A

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38208A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38208A	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A3E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38208a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.163 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795ead',
    500: '#38208a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38208a;
$custom-light: #795ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38208a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3513,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38208A

secondary

#A1B94D

accent

#E542C1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38208A

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

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