#38208D#38208D

#38208D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.167 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38208D
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 41.07, -56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 69.58, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.0405 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.167 284)
XYZ	xyz(6.9536, 3.7964, 25.5605)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38208D #758D20

analogous

#203F8D #38208D #6F208D

triadic

#38208D #8D3820 #208D38

tetradic

#38208D #8D203F #758D20 #208D6F

square

#38208D #8D203F #758D20 #208D6F

split-complementary

#38208D #8D6F20 #3F8D20

monochromatic

#100929 #24155B #38208D #4C2BBF #6E50D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#38208D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#38208D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38208D

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38208D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38208D	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#033F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38208d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.167 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5faf',
    500: '#38208d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38208d;
$custom-light: #7a5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38208d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.211,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35435,
    "c": 0.16681,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.03797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38208D

secondary

#A3BA4E

accent

#E642C2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38208D

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

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