#38216F#38216F

#38216F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.127 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38216F
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 111)
HSL	hsl(258, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.35, 31.22, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.35, 51.90, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(32.69% 0.0462 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(32.69% 0.127 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0432, 3.0760, 15.3638)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38216F #586F21

analogous

#21316F #38216F #5F216F

triadic

#38216F #6F3821 #216F38

tetradic

#38216F #6F2131 #586F21 #216F5F

square

#38216F #6F2131 #586F21 #216F5F

split-complementary

#38216F #6F5F21 #316F21

monochromatic

#0C0718 #201340 #38216F #502F9E #6A43C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#38216F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#38216F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38216F

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38216F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38216F	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38216f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.127 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745e99',
    500: '#38216f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38216f;
$custom-light: #745e99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38216f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32689,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38216F

secondary

#88A349

accent

#DE4AB2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38216F

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

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