#38215A#38215A

#38215A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.099 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38215A
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 90)
HSL	hsl(264, 46%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 63.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.66, 24.83, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.66, 39.25, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(30.93% 0.0481 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(30.93% 0.099 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0198, 2.6666, 9.9738)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38215A #435A21

analogous

#21275A #38215A #55215A

triadic

#38215A #5A3821 #215A38

tetradic

#38215A #5A2127 #435A21 #215A55

square

#38215A #5A2127 #435A21 #215A55

split-complementary

#38215A #5A5521 #275A21

monochromatic

#0E0816 #1C112D #38215A #543187 #7042B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#38215A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#38215A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38215A

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38215A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38215A	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E2D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38215a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.099 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715d89',
    500: '#38215a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38215a;
$custom-light: #715d89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38215a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3093,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38215A

secondary

#728E49

accent

#D652A1

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38215A

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

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