#38238E#38238E

#38238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.165 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38238E
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 39.77, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 68.43, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.038 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.165 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1129, 3.9953, 25.9823)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38238E #798E23

analogous

#23438E #38238E #6E238E

triadic

#38238E #8E3823 #238E38

tetradic

#38238E #8E2343 #798E23 #238E6E

square

#38238E #8E2343 #798E23 #238E6E

split-complementary

#38238E #8E6E23 #438E23

monochromatic

#110B2C #25175D #38238E #4B2FBF #6F56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#38238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#38238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38238E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38238E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.165 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960b0',
    500: '#38238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38238e;
$custom-light: #7960b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.776,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35937,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38238E

secondary

#A5B953

accent

#E444C4

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38238E

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

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