#38209A#38209A

#38209A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.182 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38209A
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 154)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 79.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 45.04, -61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 76.59, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0368 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.182 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9783, 4.2063, 30.9570)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38209A #829A20

analogous

#20459A #38209A #75209A

triadic

#38209A #9A3820 #209A38

tetradic

#38209A #9A2045 #829A20 #209A75

square

#38209A #9A2045 #829A20 #209A75

split-complementary

#38209A #9A7520 #459A20

monochromatic

#130B35 #261567 #38209A #4A2BCD #7258DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#38209A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#38209A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38209A

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38209A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38209A	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38209a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.182 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5fb9',
    500: '#38209a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38209a;
$custom-light: #7c5fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38209a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.803,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3679,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38209A

secondary

#ABC056

accent

#E93FC7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38209A

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

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