#38208C#38208C

#38208C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.166 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38208C
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 140)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 77.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.89, 40.77, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.89, 69.03, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.33% 0.0407 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(35.33% 0.166 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8796, 3.7668, 25.1704)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38208C #748C20

analogous

#203E8C #38208C #6E208C

triadic

#38208C #8C3820 #208C38

tetradic

#38208C #8C203E #748C20 #208C6E

square

#38208C #8C203E #748C20 #208C6E

split-complementary

#38208C #8C6E20 #3E8C20

monochromatic

#100928 #24155A #38208C #4C2BBE #6E50D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#38208C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#38208C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38208C

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38208C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38208C	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#053F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38208c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.166 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795faf',
    500: '#38208c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38208c;
$custom-light: #795faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38208c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35333,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38208C

secondary

#A2BA4E

accent

#E642C1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38208C

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

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