#38229F#38229F

#38229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.187 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38229F
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 45.56, -63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 78.20, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0342 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.187 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4589, 4.4874, 33.2145)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38229F #899F22

analogous

#224A9F #38229F #76229F

triadic

#38229F #9F3822 #229F38

tetradic

#38229F #9F224A #899F22 #229F76

square

#38229F #9F224A #899F22 #229F76

split-complementary

#38229F #9F7622 #4A9F22

monochromatic

#140C3A #26176D #38229F #4A2DD1 #755FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#38229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#38229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38229F

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38229F	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.187 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61bd',
    500: '#38229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38229f;
$custom-light: #7d61bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.56,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37562,
    "c": 0.1866,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38229F

secondary

#AFC15B

accent

#E840CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38229F

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

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