#38226A#38226A

#38226A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.119 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38226A
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 106)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.14, 29.07, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.14, 48.27, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(32.41% 0.0457 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(32.41% 0.119 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8037, 3.0253, 13.9637)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38226A #546A22

analogous

#22306A #38226A #5C226A

triadic

#38226A #6A3822 #226A38

tetradic

#38226A #6A2230 #546A22 #226A5C

square

#38226A #6A2230 #546A22 #226A5C

split-complementary

#38226A #6A5C22 #306A22

monochromatic

#0C0717 #20133C #38226A #503198 #6A44C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#38226A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#38226A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38226A

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38226A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38226A	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38226a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.119 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735e95',
    500: '#38226a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38226a;
$custom-light: #735e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38226a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32411,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38226A

secondary

#849E4A

accent

#DB4DB0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38226A

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

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