#38239B#38239B

#38239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.181 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38239B
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(251, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 43.82, -61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 75.53, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0346 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.181 281)
XYZ	xyz(8.1464, 4.4088, 31.4257)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38239B #869B23

analogous

#234A9B #38239B #74239B

triadic

#38239B #9B3823 #239B38

tetradic

#38239B #9B234A #869B23 #239B74

square

#38239B #9B234A #869B23 #239B74

split-complementary

#38239B #9B7423 #4A9B23

monochromatic

#140C37 #261869 #38239B #4A2ECD #745EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#38239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#38239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38239B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38239B	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.181 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61ba',
    500: '#38239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38239b;
$custom-light: #7c61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37267,
    "c": 0.18085,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.04409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38239B

secondary

#AEBF5A

accent

#E642C9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38239B

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

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