#38218D#38218D

#38218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.166 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38218D
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 40.54, -55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 69.02, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0397 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.166 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9810, 3.8511, 25.5696)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38218D #768D21

analogous

#21408D #38218D #6E218D

triadic

#38218D #8D3821 #218D38

tetradic

#38218D #8D2140 #768D21 #218D6E

square

#38218D #8D2140 #768D21 #218D6E

split-complementary

#38218D #8D6E21 #408D21

monochromatic

#110A2A #24155B #38218D #4C2DBF #6E52D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#38218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#38218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38218D

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38218D	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#033F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.166 283.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.778,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35566,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38218D

secondary

#A3BA50

accent

#E543C3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38218D

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

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