#38219A#38219A

#38219A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.182 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38219A
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 154)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 78.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 44.53, -61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 76.07, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.0362 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.182 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0056, 4.2610, 30.9662)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38219A #839A21

analogous

#21479A #38219A #75219A

triadic

#38219A #9A3821 #219A38

tetradic

#38219A #9A2147 #839A21 #219A75

square

#38219A #9A2147 #839A21 #219A75

split-complementary

#38219A #9A7521 #479A21

monochromatic

#130B35 #261668 #38219A #4A2CCC #725ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#38219A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#38219A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38219A

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38219A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38219A	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38219a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.182 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60b9',
    500: '#38219a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38219a;
$custom-light: #7c60b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38219a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.405,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36912,
    "c": 0.18156,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38219A

secondary

#ACC057

accent

#E840C8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38219A

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

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