#38238C#38238C

#38238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.162 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38238C
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 39.15, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 67.31, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0384 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.162 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9641, 3.9358, 25.1986)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38238C #778C23

analogous

#23438C #38238C #6D238C

triadic

#38238C #8C3823 #238C38

tetradic

#38238C #8C2343 #778C23 #238C6D

square

#38238C #8C2343 #778C23 #238C6D

split-complementary

#38238C #8C6D23 #438C23

monochromatic

#110B2A #24175B #38238C #4C2FBD #6E55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#38238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#38238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38238C

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38238C	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#054055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.162 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960af',
    500: '#38238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38238c;
$custom-light: #7960af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35737,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38238C

secondary

#A4B852

accent

#E345C3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38238C

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

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