#38209F#38209F

#38209F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.188 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38209F
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 159)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 79.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 46.55, -64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 79.24, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.32% 0.0353 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(37.32% 0.188 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4034, 4.3763, 33.1960)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38209F #879F20

analogous

#20479F #38209F #78209F

triadic

#38209F #9F3820 #209F38

tetradic

#38209F #9F2047 #879F20 #209F78

square

#38209F #9F2047 #879F20 #209F78

split-complementary

#38209F #9F7820 #479F20

monochromatic

#140B39 #26166C #38209F #4A2AD2 #745BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#38209F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#38209F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38209F

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38209F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38209F	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38209f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.188 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60bd',
    500: '#38209f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38209f;
$custom-light: #7d60bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38209f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.339,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37323,
    "c": 0.18842,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38209F

secondary

#AEC259

accent

#E93EC9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38209F

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

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