#38236F#38236F

#38236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.125 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38236F
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 30.01, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 50.60, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.01% 0.044 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(33.01% 0.125 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1004, 3.1903, 15.3829)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38236F #5A6F23

analogous

#23346F #38236F #5E236F

triadic

#38236F #6F3823 #236F38

tetradic

#38236F #6F2334 #5A6F23 #236F5E

square

#38236F #6F2334 #5A6F23 #236F5E

split-complementary

#38236F #6F5E23 #346F23

monochromatic

#0C0717 #211440 #38236F #4F329E #6A47C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#38236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#38236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38236F

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38236F	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.125 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745f99',
    500: '#38236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38236f;
$custom-light: #745f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.579,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33009,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38236F

secondary

#8AA24C

accent

#DB4CB4

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38236F

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

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