#38215D#38215D

#38215D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.103 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38215D
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 93)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 64.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.88, 25.72, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.88, 41.09, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(31.17% 0.048 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(31.17% 0.103 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1500, 2.7187, 10.6599)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38215D #465D21

analogous

#21285D #38215D #56215D

triadic

#38215D #5D3821 #215D38

tetradic

#38215D #5D2128 #465D21 #215D56

square

#38215D #5D2128 #465D21 #215D56

split-complementary

#38215D #5D5621 #285D21

monochromatic

#0E0817 #1D1130 #38215D #53318A #6E41B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#38215D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#38215D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38215D

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38215D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38215D	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38215d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.103 297.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38215d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31165,
    "c": 0.10293,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38215D

secondary

#759149

accent

#D751A4

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38215D

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

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