#38215E#38215E

#38215E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.104 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38215E
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 94)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 64.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.96, 26.02, -32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.96, 41.69, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.048 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.104 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1946, 2.7366, 10.8947)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38215E #475E21

analogous

#21295E #38215E #56215E

triadic

#38215E #5E3821 #215E38

tetradic

#38215E #5E2129 #475E21 #215E56

square

#38215E #5E2129 #475E21 #215E56

split-complementary

#38215E #5E5621 #295E21

monochromatic

#0D0817 #1D1131 #38215E #53318B #6E41B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#38215E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#38215E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38215E

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38215E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38215E	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38215e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.104 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725d8c',
    500: '#38215e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38215e;
$custom-light: #725d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38215e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.623,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31245,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38215E

secondary

#769249

accent

#D850A5

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38215E

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

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