#38229B#38229B

#38229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.182 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38229B
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 44.33, -61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 76.07, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0353 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.182 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1174, 4.3508, 31.4160)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38229B #859B22

analogous

#22499B #38229B #75229B

triadic

#38229B #9B3822 #229B38

tetradic

#38229B #9B2249 #859B22 #229B75

square

#38229B #9B2249 #859B22 #229B75

split-complementary

#38229B #9B7522 #499B22

monochromatic

#140C37 #261769 #38229B #4A2DCD #735CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#38229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#38229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38229B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38229B	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.182 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61ba',
    500: '#38229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38229b;
$custom-light: #7c61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37141,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38229B

secondary

#ADC059

accent

#E741C9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38229B

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

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