#38228C#38228C

#38228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.163 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38228C
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 39.70, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 67.89, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0392 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.163 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9351, 3.8778, 25.1889)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38228C #768C22

analogous

#22418C #38228C #6D228C

triadic

#38228C #8C3822 #228C38

tetradic

#38228C #8C2241 #768C22 #228C6D

square

#38228C #8C2241 #768C22 #228C6D

split-complementary

#38228C #8C6D22 #418C22

monochromatic

#110A2A #24165B #38228C #4C2EBD #6E53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#38228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#38228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38228C

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38228C	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#054055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.163 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960af',
    500: '#38228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38228c;
$custom-light: #7960af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.356,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38228C

secondary

#A3B951

accent

#E444C3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38228C

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

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