#38219B#38219B

#38219B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.183 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38219B
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 155)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 44.84, -62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 76.60, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0359 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.183 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0893, 4.2944, 31.4066)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38219B #849B21

analogous

#21479B #38219B #75219B

triadic

#38219B #9B3821 #219B38

tetradic

#38219B #9B2147 #849B21 #219B75

square

#38219B #9B2147 #849B21 #219B75

split-complementary

#38219B #9B7521 #479B21

monochromatic

#140C36 #261669 #38219B #4A2CCD #735ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#38219B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#38219B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38219B

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38219B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38219B	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38219b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.183 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60ba',
    500: '#38219b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38219b;
$custom-light: #7c60ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38219b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.311,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37017,
    "c": 0.18276,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38219B

secondary

#ACC058

accent

#E840C8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38219B

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

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