#38229E#38229E

#38229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.185 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38229E
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 45.25, -63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 77.67, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0344 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.185 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3725, 4.4528, 32.7594)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38229E #889E22

analogous

#224A9E #38229E #76229E

triadic

#38229E #9E3822 #229E38

tetradic

#38229E #9E224A #889E22 #229E76

square

#38229E #9E224A #889E22 #229E76

split-complementary

#38229E #9E7622 #4A9E22

monochromatic

#140C39 #26176C #38229E #4A2DD0 #745EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#38229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#38229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38229E

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38229E	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.185 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61bc',
    500: '#38229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38229e;
$custom-light: #7d61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37456,
    "c": 0.18542,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38229E

secondary

#AFC15B

accent

#E840CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38229E

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

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