#38238B#38238B

#38238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.161 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38238B
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 38.83, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 66.76, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.0387 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.161 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8907, 3.9065, 24.8120)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38238B #768B23

analogous

#23428B #38238B #6C238B

triadic

#38238B #8B3823 #238B38

tetradic

#38238B #8B2342 #768B23 #238B6C

square

#38238B #8B2342 #768B23 #238B6C

split-complementary

#38238B #8B6C23 #428B23

monochromatic

#110A29 #24175A #38238B #4C2FBC #6E54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#38238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#38238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38238B

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38238B	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#074055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.161 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960ae',
    500: '#38238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38238b;
$custom-light: #7960ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.115,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35638,
    "c": 0.16112,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38238B

secondary

#A3B852

accent

#E345C3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38238B

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

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