#38209E#38209E

#38209E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.187 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38209E
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.77, 46.24, -63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.77, 78.71, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.0356 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.187 281)
XYZ	xyz(8.3170, 4.3418, 32.7409)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38209E #869E20

analogous

#20479E #38209E #77209E

triadic

#38209E #9E3820 #209E38

tetradic

#38209E #9E2047 #869E20 #209E77

square

#38209E #9E2047 #869E20 #209E77

split-complementary

#38209E #9E7720 #479E20

monochromatic

#140B38 #26166B #38209E #4A2AD1 #745BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#38209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#38209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38209E

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38209E	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.187 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60bc',
    500: '#38209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38209e;
$custom-light: #7d60bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37216,
    "c": 0.18724,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.04342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38209E

secondary

#AEC258

accent

#E93FC9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38209E

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

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