#38208B#38208B

#38208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.164 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38208B
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 40.46, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 68.48, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.041 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.164 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8062, 3.7374, 24.7838)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38208B #738B20

analogous

#203D8B #38208B #6D208B

triadic

#38208B #8B3820 #208B38

tetradic

#38208B #8B203D #738B20 #208B6D

square

#38208B #8B203D #738B20 #208B6D

split-complementary

#38208B #8B6D20 #3D8B20

monochromatic

#100928 #241559 #38208B #4C2BBD #6D4FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#38208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#38208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38208B

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38208B	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#083E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.164 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fae',
    500: '#38208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38208b;
$custom-light: #795fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.458,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35231,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38208B

secondary

#A1BA4D

accent

#E642C1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38208B

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

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