#38216B#38216B

#38216B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.122 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38216B
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 107)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, 29.99, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 49.53, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(32.34% 0.0468 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(32.34% 0.122 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8279, 2.9899, 14.2298)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38216B #546B21

analogous

#212F6B #38216B #5D216B

triadic

#38216B #6B3821 #216B38

tetradic

#38216B #6B212F #546B21 #216B5D

square

#38216B #6B212F #546B21 #216B5D

split-complementary

#38216B #6B5D21 #2F6B21

monochromatic

#0C0717 #20133C #38216B #502F9A #6A42C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#38216B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#38216B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38216B

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38216B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38216B	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38216b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.122 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745e96',
    500: '#38216b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38216b;
$custom-light: #745e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38216b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.649,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32335,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38216B

secondary

#849F49

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38216B

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

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