#38219F#38219F

#38219F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.188 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38219F
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 159)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 46.06, -63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 78.73, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0347 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.188 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4308, 4.4310, 33.2052)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38219F #889F21

analogous

#21499F #38219F #77219F

triadic

#38219F #9F3821 #219F38

tetradic

#38219F #9F2149 #889F21 #219F77

square

#38219F #9F2149 #889F21 #219F77

split-complementary

#38219F #9F7721 #499F21

monochromatic

#140C3A #26166C #38219F #4A2CD2 #745DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#38219F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#38219F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38219F

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38219F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38219F	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38219f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.188 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60bd',
    500: '#38219f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38219f;
$custom-light: #7d60bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38219f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.952,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37441,
    "c": 0.18753,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38219F

secondary

#AFC25A

accent

#E93FCA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38219F

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

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