#38237D#38237D

#38237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.143 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38237D
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 34.42, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 58.81, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0417 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.143 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9325, 3.5232, 19.7655)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.66

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38237D #687D23

analogous

#233B7D #38237D #65237D

triadic

#38237D #7D3823 #237D38

tetradic

#38237D #7D233B #687D23 #237D65

square

#38237D #7D233B #687D23 #237D65

split-complementary

#38237D #7D6523 #3B7D23

monochromatic

#0D081D #23164D #38237D #4D30AD #6B4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#38237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38237D

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38237D	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.143 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660a3',
    500: '#38237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38237d;
$custom-light: #7660a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34283,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38237D

secondary

#98AF4C

accent

#E048BC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38237D

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

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