#38228D#38228D

#38228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.165 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38228D
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 40.01, -55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 68.45, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.039 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.165 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0092, 3.9074, 25.5790)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38228D #778D22

analogous

#22428D #38228D #6E228D

triadic

#38228D #8D3822 #228D38

tetradic

#38228D #8D2242 #778D22 #228D6E

square

#38228D #8D2242 #778D22 #228D6E

split-complementary

#38228D #8D6E22 #428D22

monochromatic

#110A2A #24165C #38228D #4C2EBE #6E54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#38228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#38228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38228D

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38228D	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#034056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.165 283.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.336,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.357,
    "c": 0.16471,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38228D

secondary

#A4B951

accent

#E444C3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38228D

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

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