#38229D#38229D

#38229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.184 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38229D
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 44.95, -62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 77.14, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0347 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.184 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2868, 4.4185, 32.3079)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38229D #879D22

analogous

#22499D #38229D #76229D

triadic

#38229D #9D3822 #229D38

tetradic

#38229D #9D2249 #879D22 #229D76

square

#38229D #9D2249 #879D22 #229D76

split-complementary

#38229D #9D7622 #499D22

monochromatic

#140C38 #26176B #38229D #4A2DCF #745DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#38229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#38229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38229D

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38229D	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.184 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61bb',
    500: '#38229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38229d;
$custom-light: #7d61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.732,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37351,
    "c": 0.18421,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38229D

secondary

#AEC15A

accent

#E740CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38229D

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

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