#38209C#38209C

#38209C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.185 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38209C
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 45.64, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 77.66, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0362 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.185 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1463, 4.2735, 31.8416)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38209C #849C20

analogous

#20469C #38209C #76209C

triadic

#38209C #9C3820 #209C38

tetradic

#38209C #9C2046 #849C20 #209C76

square

#38209C #9C2046 #849C20 #209C76

split-complementary

#38209C #9C7620 #469C20

monochromatic

#140B36 #261669 #38209C #4A2ACF #7359DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#38209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#38209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38209C

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38209C	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.185 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60ba',
    500: '#38209c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38209c;
$custom-light: #7c60ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37003,
    "c": 0.18487,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38209C

secondary

#ACC157

accent

#E93FC8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38209C

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

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