#38229A#38229A

#38229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.181 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38229A
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.69, 44.03, -61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.69, 75.53, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0356 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.181 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0338, 4.3173, 30.9756)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38229A #849A22

analogous

#22489A #38229A #74229A

triadic

#38229A #9A3822 #229A38

tetradic

#38229A #9A2248 #849A22 #229A74

square

#38229A #9A2248 #849A22 #229A74

split-complementary

#38229A #9A7422 #489A22

monochromatic

#140C36 #261768 #38229A #4A2DCC #735BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#38229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#38229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38229A

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38229A	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.181 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61b9',
    500: '#38229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38229a;
$custom-light: #7c61b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37036,
    "c": 0.18061,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38229A

secondary

#ACBF58

accent

#E741C8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38229A

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

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