#38216C#38216C

#38216C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.123 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38216C
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 108)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 30.30, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 50.12, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% 0.0466 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.123 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8808, 3.0110, 14.5085)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38216C #556C21

analogous

#21306C #38216C #5D216C

triadic

#38216C #6C3821 #216C38

tetradic

#38216C #6C2130 #556C21 #216C5D

square

#38216C #6C2130 #556C21 #216C5D

split-complementary

#38216C #6C5D21 #306C21

monochromatic

#0C0717 #20133D #38216C #502F9B #6A42C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#38216C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#38216C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38216C

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38216C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38216C	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38216c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.123 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745e97',
    500: '#38216c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38216c;
$custom-light: #745e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38216c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.4,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32423,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38216C

secondary

#85A049

accent

#DD4BB0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38216C

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

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