#38217D#38217D

#38217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.146 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38217D
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.61, 35.58, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.61, 60.04, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(33.99% 0.0436 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(33.99% 0.146 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8753, 3.4088, 19.7464)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38217D #667D21

analogous

#21387D #38217D #66217D

triadic

#38217D #7D3821 #217D38

tetradic

#38217D #7D2138 #667D21 #217D66

square

#38217D #7D2138 #667D21 #217D66

split-complementary

#38217D #7D6621 #387D21

monochromatic

#0D071C #22144D #38217D #4E2EAD #6B49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#38217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38217D

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38217D	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.146 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775ea4',
    500: '#38217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38217d;
$custom-light: #775ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33986,
    "c": 0.14567,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38217D

secondary

#96B04A

accent

#E146BB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38217D

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

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