#38217E#38217E

#38217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.147 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38217E
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 35.89, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 60.61, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.08% 0.0434 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(34.08% 0.147 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9395, 3.4345, 20.0846)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38217E #677E21

analogous

#21387E #38217E #66217E

triadic

#38217E #7E3821 #217E38

tetradic

#38217E #7E2138 #677E21 #217E66

square

#38217E #7E2138 #677E21 #217E66

split-complementary

#38217E #7E6621 #387E21

monochromatic

#0D081D #22144E #38217E #4E2EAE #6B4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#38217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38217E

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38217E	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.147 287.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.839,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34082,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38217E

secondary

#97B14A

accent

#E246BB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38217E

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

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