#38217C#38217C

#38217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.144 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38217C
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 35.27, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 59.46, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.0438 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.144 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8118, 3.3834, 19.4117)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38217C #657C21

analogous

#21377C #38217C #65217C

triadic

#38217C #7C3821 #217C38

tetradic

#38217C #7C2137 #657C21 #217C65

square

#38217C #7C2137 #657C21 #217C65

split-complementary

#38217C #7C6521 #377C21

monochromatic

#0C071B #22144C #38217C #4E2EAC #6B49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#38217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38217C

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38217C	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.144 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765ea3',
    500: '#38217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38217c;
$custom-light: #765ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.165,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33891,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38217C

secondary

#95AF4A

accent

#E147BA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38217C

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

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