#38216E#38216E

#38216E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.126 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38216E
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 110)
HSL	hsl(258, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 70%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.26, 30.91, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.26, 51.31, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(32.6% 0.0463 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(32.6% 0.126 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9884, 3.0541, 15.0755)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38216E #576E21

analogous

#21306E #38216E #5E216E

triadic

#38216E #6E3821 #216E38

tetradic

#38216E #6E2130 #576E21 #216E5E

square

#38216E #6E2130 #576E21 #216E5E

split-complementary

#38216E #6E5E21 #306E21

monochromatic

#0C0718 #20133F #38216E #502F9D #6A43C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#38216E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#38216E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38216E

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38216E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38216E	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38216e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.126 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745e98',
    500: '#38216e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38216e;
$custom-light: #745e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38216e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.922,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.326,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38216E

secondary

#87A249

accent

#DD4BB1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38216E

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

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