#38219E#38219E

#38219E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.186 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38219E
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 45.75, -63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 78.20, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.035 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.186 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3443, 4.3964, 32.7500)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38219E #879E21

analogous

#21499E #38219E #77219E

triadic

#38219E #9E3821 #219E38

tetradic

#38219E #9E2149 #879E21 #219E77

square

#38219E #9E2149 #879E21 #219E77

split-complementary

#38219E #9E7721 #499E21

monochromatic

#140C39 #26166B #38219E #4A2CD1 #745CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#38219E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#38219E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38219E

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38219E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38219E	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38219e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.186 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60bc',
    500: '#38219e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38219e;
$custom-light: #7d60bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38219e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.04,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37335,
    "c": 0.18633,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38219E

secondary

#AEC159

accent

#E83FC9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38219E

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

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