#38237B#38237B

#38237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.141 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38237B
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.85, 33.79, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.85, 57.65, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.0421 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.141 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8060, 3.4726, 19.0994)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38237B #667B23

analogous

#233A7B #38237B #64237B

triadic

#38237B #7B3823 #237B38

tetradic

#38237B #7B233A #667B23 #237B64

square

#38237B #7B233A #667B23 #237B64

split-complementary

#38237B #7B6423 #3A7B23

monochromatic

#0D081C #22154B #38237B #4E31AB #6B4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#38237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38237B

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38237B	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.141 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660a2',
    500: '#38237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38237b;
$custom-light: #7660a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.318,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34096,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38237B

secondary

#96AE4C

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38237B

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

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