#38216A#38216A

#38216A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.121 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38216A
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 106)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.92, 29.68, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.92, 48.93, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.25% 0.0469 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(32.25% 0.121 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7755, 2.9689, 13.9543)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38216A #536A21

analogous

#212F6A #38216A #5D216A

triadic

#38216A #6A3821 #216A38

tetradic

#38216A #6A212F #536A21 #216A5D

square

#38216A #6A212F #536A21 #216A5D

split-complementary

#38216A #6A5D21 #2F6A21

monochromatic

#0C0717 #1F123B #38216A #513099 #6B41C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#38216A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#38216A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38216A

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38216A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38216A	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A3242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38216a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.121 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735e95',
    500: '#38216a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38216a;
$custom-light: #735e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38216a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.904,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32248,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38216A

secondary

#839E49

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38216A

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

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