#38209B#38209B

#38209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.184 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38209B
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 45.34, -62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 77.13, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0365 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.184 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0619, 4.2397, 31.3975)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38209B #839B20

analogous

#20469B #38209B #76209B

triadic

#38209B #9B3820 #209B38

tetradic

#38209B #9B2046 #839B20 #209B76

square

#38209B #9B2046 #839B20 #209B76

split-complementary

#38209B #9B7620 #469B20

monochromatic

#130B36 #261668 #38209B #4A2ACE #7259DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#38209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#38209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38209B

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38209B	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.184 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5fba',
    500: '#38209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38209b;
$custom-light: #7c5fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36896,
    "c": 0.18368,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38209B

secondary

#ACC156

accent

#E93FC8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38209B

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

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