#38237A#38237A

#38237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.139 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38237A
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 33.48, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 57.07, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0423 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.139 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7437, 3.4477, 18.7714)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.54

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38237A #657A23

analogous

#23397A #38237A #63237A

triadic

#38237A #7A3823 #237A38

tetradic

#38237A #7A2339 #657A23 #237A63

square

#38237A #7A2339 #657A23 #237A63

split-complementary

#38237A #7A6323 #397A23

monochromatic

#0C081B #22154A #38237A #4E31AA #6B4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#38237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38237A

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38237A	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.139 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660a1',
    500: '#38237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38237a;
$custom-light: #7660a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34003,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38237A

secondary

#95AD4C

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38237A

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

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