#38238D#38238D

#38238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.164 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38238D
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 39.46, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 67.87, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0382 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.164 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0382, 3.9654, 25.5887)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38238D #788D23

analogous

#23438D #38238D #6D238D

triadic

#38238D #8D3823 #238D38

tetradic

#38238D #8D2343 #788D23 #238D6D

square

#38238D #8D2343 #788D23 #238D6D

split-complementary

#38238D #8D6D23 #438D23

monochromatic

#110B2B #25175C #38238D #4B2FBE #6F55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#38238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#38238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38238D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38238D	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#024056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.164 283.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.887,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35837,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38238D

secondary

#A5B953

accent

#E344C4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38238D

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

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