#38239A#38239A

#38239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.180 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38239A
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(251, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 43.51, -61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 74.99, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0349 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.18 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0628, 4.3753, 30.9852)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38239A #859A23

analogous

#234A9A #38239A #74239A

triadic

#38239A #9A3823 #239A38

tetradic

#38239A #9A234A #859A23 #239A74

square

#38239A #9A234A #859A23 #239A74

split-complementary

#38239A #9A7423 #4A9A23

monochromatic

#140C36 #261868 #38239A #4A2ECC #735DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#38239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#38239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38239A

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38239A	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.180 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61b9',
    500: '#38239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38239a;
$custom-light: #7c61b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37163,
    "c": 0.17963,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38239A

secondary

#ADBF5A

accent

#E642C9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38239A

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

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