#38218E#38218E

#38218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.167 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38218E
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 40.85, -56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 69.57, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0395 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.167 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0557, 3.8810, 25.9632)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38218E #778E21

analogous

#21408E #38218E #6F218E

triadic

#38218E #8E3821 #218E38

tetradic

#38218E #8E2140 #778E21 #218E6F

square

#38218E #8E2140 #778E21 #218E6F

split-complementary

#38218E #8E6F21 #408E21

monochromatic

#110A2B #24155C #38218E #4C2DC0 #6E52D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#38218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#38218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38218E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38218E	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.167 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5fb0',
    500: '#38218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38218e;
$custom-light: #7a5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.661,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35668,
    "c": 0.167,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38218E

secondary

#A4BA50

accent

#E542C3

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38218E

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

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