#38238A#38238A

#38238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.160 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38238A
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 38.52, -53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 66.20, 305.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.0389 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.16 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8180, 3.8774, 24.4290)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38238A #758A23

analogous

#23428A #38238A #6C238A

triadic

#38238A #8A3823 #238A38

tetradic

#38238A #8A2342 #758A23 #238A6C

square

#38238A #8A2342 #758A23 #238A6C

split-complementary

#38238A #8A6C23 #428A23

monochromatic

#100A28 #241759 #38238A #4C2FBB #6E54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#38238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#38238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38238A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38238A	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.160 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960ad',
    500: '#38238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38238a;
$custom-light: #7960ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.233,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35539,
    "c": 0.15986,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38238A

secondary

#A3B751

accent

#E345C3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38238A

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

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