#38219D#38219D

#38219D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.185 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38219D
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 79%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 45.45, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 77.67, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0353 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.185 281)
XYZ	xyz(8.2586, 4.3622, 32.2985)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38219D #869D21

analogous

#21489D #38219D #76219D

triadic

#38219D #9D3821 #219D38

tetradic

#38219D #9D2148 #869D21 #219D76

square

#38219D #9D2148 #869D21 #219D76

split-complementary

#38219D #9D7621 #489D21

monochromatic

#140C38 #26166A #38219D #4A2CD0 #745CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#38219D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#38219D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38219D

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38219D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38219D	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38219d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.185 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60bb',
    500: '#38219d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38219d;
$custom-light: #7d60bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38219d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.129,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37229,
    "c": 0.18515,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.04363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38219D

secondary

#AEC159

accent

#E840C9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38219D

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

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