#38227B#38227B

#38227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.142 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38227B
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.63, 34.38, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.63, 58.27, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(33.94% 0.043 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(33.94% 0.142 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7770, 3.4146, 19.0897)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38227B #657B22

analogous

#22397B #38227B #64227B

triadic

#38227B #7B3822 #227B38

tetradic

#38227B #7B2239 #657B22 #227B64

square

#38227B #7B2239 #657B22 #227B64

split-complementary

#38227B #7B6422 #397B22

monochromatic

#0C071B #22154B #38227B #4E2FAB #6B4ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#38227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#38227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38227B

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38227B	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.142 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765fa2',
    500: '#38227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38227b;
$custom-light: #765fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.831,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33944,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38227B

secondary

#95AE4B

accent

#E048BA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38227B

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

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