#38229C#38229C

#38229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.183 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38229C
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 44.64, -62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 76.60, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.035 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.183 281)
XYZ	xyz(8.2018, 4.3845, 31.8601)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38229C #869C22

analogous

#22499C #38229C #75229C

triadic

#38229C #9C3822 #229C38

tetradic

#38229C #9C2249 #869C22 #229C75

square

#38229C #9C2249 #869C22 #229C75

split-complementary

#38229C #9C7522 #499C22

monochromatic

#140C38 #26176A #38229C #4A2DCE #745DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#38229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#38229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38229C

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38229C	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.183 281.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37246,
    "c": 0.18302,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.04385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38229C

secondary

#AEC05A

accent

#E741C9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38229C

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

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