#38228B#38228B

#38228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.162 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38228B
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.16, 39.38, -54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.16, 67.34, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0395 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.162 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8617, 3.8485, 24.8023)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38228B #758B22

analogous

#22418B #38228B #6D228B

triadic

#38228B #8B3822 #228B38

tetradic

#38228B #8B2241 #758B22 #228B6D

square

#38228B #8B2241 #758B22 #228B6D

split-complementary

#38228B #8B6D22 #418B22

monochromatic

#100A29 #24165A #38228B #4C2EBC #6E53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#38228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#38228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38228B

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38228B	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#073F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.162 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960ae',
    500: '#38228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38228b;
$custom-light: #7960ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35499,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38228B

secondary

#A3B850

accent

#E444C2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38228B

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

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