#38218A#38218A

#38218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.162 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38218A
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 39.62, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 67.36, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.0405 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.162 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7608, 3.7630, 24.4099)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38218A #738A21

analogous

#213E8A #38218A #6C218A

triadic

#38218A #8A3821 #218A38

tetradic

#38218A #8A213E #738A21 #218A6C

square

#38218A #8A213E #738A21 #218A6C

split-complementary

#38218A #8A6C21 #3E8A21

monochromatic

#100927 #241559 #38218A #4C2DBB #6D50D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#38218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#38218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38218A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38218A	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.162 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fad',
    500: '#38218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38218a;
$custom-light: #795fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35263,
    "c": 0.16205,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38218A

secondary

#A1B94E

accent

#E543C1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38218A

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

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