#38227A#38227A

#38227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.141 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38227A
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.54, 34.06, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.54, 57.69, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.0432 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.141 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7147, 3.3897, 18.7617)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38227A #647A22

analogous

#22387A #38227A #64227A

triadic

#38227A #7A3822 #227A38

tetradic

#38227A #7A2238 #647A22 #227A64

square

#38227A #7A2238 #647A22 #227A64

split-complementary

#38227A #7A6422 #387A22

monochromatic

#0C071A #22154A #38227A #4E2FAA #6B4ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#38227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38227A

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38227A	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.141 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765fa1',
    500: '#38227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38227a;
$custom-light: #765fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3385,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38227A

secondary

#94AD4B

accent

#E048BA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38227A

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

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