#38208E#38208E

#38208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.168 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38208E
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 41.38, -56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 70.12, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.0402 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.168 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0284, 3.8263, 25.9541)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38208E #768E20

analogous

#203F8E #38208E #6F208E

triadic

#38208E #8E3820 #208E38

tetradic

#38208E #8E203F #768E20 #208E6F

square

#38208E #8E203F #768E20 #208E6F

split-complementary

#38208E #8E6F20 #3F8E20

monochromatic

#11092A #24155C #38208E #4C2BC0 #6E51D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#38208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#38208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38208E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38208E	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#013F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.168 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5fb0',
    500: '#38208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38208e;
$custom-light: #7a5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35538,
    "c": 0.16802,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38208E

secondary

#A3BB4F

accent

#E642C2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38208E

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

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