#38215C#38215C

#38215C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.102 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38215C
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 92)
HSL	hsl(263, 47%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.80, 25.42, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.80, 40.48, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(31.09% 0.0481 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(31.09% 0.102 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1060, 2.7011, 10.4282)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38215C #455C21

analogous

#21285C #38215C #56215C

triadic

#38215C #5C3821 #215C38

tetradic

#38215C #5C2128 #455C21 #215C56

square

#38215C #5C2128 #455C21 #215C56

split-complementary

#38215C #5C5621 #285C21

monochromatic

#0E0817 #1D112F #38215C #533189 #6F41B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#38215C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#38215C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38215C

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38215C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38215C	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B2D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38215c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.102 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725d8b',
    500: '#38215c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38215c;
$custom-light: #725d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38215c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.39,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31086,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38215C

secondary

#749049

accent

#D751A3

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38215C

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

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