#38236E#38236E

#38236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.123 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38236E
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 29.70, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 50.00, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.0441 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.123 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0456, 3.1684, 15.0945)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38236E #596E23

analogous

#23336E #38236E #5D236E

triadic

#38236E #6E3823 #236E38

tetradic

#38236E #6E2333 #596E23 #236E5D

square

#38236E #6E2333 #596E23 #236E5D

split-complementary

#38236E #6E5D23 #336E23

monochromatic

#0C0717 #201440 #38236E #50329C #6A47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#38236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#38236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38236E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38236E	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.123 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745f98',
    500: '#38236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38236e;
$custom-light: #745f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32922,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38236E

secondary

#89A14C

accent

#DB4DB3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38236E

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

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