#38239C#38239C

#38239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.182 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38239C
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(250, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 44.13, -61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 76.06, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.37% 0.0344 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(37.37% 0.182 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2308, 4.4425, 31.8698)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38239C #879C23

analogous

#234B9C #38239C #74239C

triadic

#38239C #9C3823 #239C38

tetradic

#38239C #9C234B #879C23 #239C74

square

#38239C #9C234B #879C23 #239C74

split-complementary

#38239C #9C7423 #4B9C23

monochromatic

#140D38 #26186A #38239C #4A2ECE #745EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#38239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#38239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38239C

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38239C	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.182 280.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.413,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37371,
    "c": 0.18207,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38239C

secondary

#AEC05B

accent

#E641CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38239C

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

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