#38218B#38218B

#38218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.163 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38218B
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 39.93, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 67.91, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.0402 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.163 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8335, 3.7921, 24.7930)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38218B #748B21

analogous

#213F8B #38218B #6D218B

triadic

#38218B #8B3821 #218B38

tetradic

#38218B #8B213F #748B21 #218B6D

square

#38218B #8B213F #748B21 #218B6D

split-complementary

#38218B #8B6D21 #3F8B21

monochromatic

#100A28 #24155A #38218B #4C2DBC #6E51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#38218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#38218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38218B

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38218B	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#083F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.163 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fae',
    500: '#38218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38218b;
$custom-light: #795fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.019,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35364,
    "c": 0.1633,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38218B

secondary

#A2B94F

accent

#E543C2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38218B

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

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