#38209D#38209D

#38209D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.186 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38209D
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 157)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 45.94, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 78.19, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0359 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.186 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2313, 4.3075, 32.2894)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38209D #859D20

analogous

#20479D #38209D #77209D

triadic

#38209D #9D3820 #209D38

tetradic

#38209D #9D2047 #859D20 #209D77

square

#38209D #9D2047 #859D20 #209D77

split-complementary

#38209D #9D7720 #479D20

monochromatic

#140B37 #26166A #38209D #4A2AD0 #735ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#38209D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#38209D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38209D

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38209D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38209D	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38209d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.186 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60bb',
    500: '#38209d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38209d;
$custom-light: #7d60bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38209d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.52,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37109,
    "c": 0.18606,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38209D

secondary

#ADC157

accent

#E93FC8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38209D

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

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