#38218C#38218C

#38218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.165 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38218C
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 40.23, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 68.46, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.04 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.165 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9069, 3.8215, 25.1795)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38218C #758C21

analogous

#21408C #38218C #6E218C

triadic

#38218C #8C3821 #218C38

tetradic

#38218C #8C2140 #758C21 #218C6E

square

#38218C #8C2140 #758C21 #218C6E

split-complementary

#38218C #8C6E21 #408C21

monochromatic

#100A29 #24155A #38218C #4C2DBE #6E51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#38218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#38218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38218C

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38218C	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#053F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.165 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795faf',
    500: '#38218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38218c;
$custom-light: #795faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.897,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35465,
    "c": 0.16453,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38218C

secondary

#A3B94F

accent

#E543C2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38218C

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

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