#38237F#38237F

#38237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.146 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38237F
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 35.05, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 59.96, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0413 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.146 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0615, 3.5748, 20.4452)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38237F #6A7F23

analogous

#233C7F #38237F #66237F

triadic

#38237F #7F3823 #237F38

tetradic

#38237F #7F233C #6A7F23 #237F66

square

#38237F #7F233C #6A7F23 #237F66

split-complementary

#38237F #7F6623 #3C7F23

monochromatic

#0E091F #23164F #38237F #4D30AF #6B4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#38237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#38237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38237F

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38237F	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.146 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7760a5',
    500: '#38237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38237f;
$custom-light: #7760a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.696,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34472,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38237F

secondary

#9AB14C

accent

#E048BD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38237F

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

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