#38239D#38239D

#38239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.183 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38239D
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 44.43, -62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 76.60, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0341 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.183 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3158, 4.4765, 32.3176)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38239D #889D23

analogous

#234B9D #38239D #75239D

triadic

#38239D #9D3823 #239D38

tetradic

#38239D #9D234B #889D23 #239D75

square

#38239D #9D234B #889D23 #239D75

split-complementary

#38239D #9D7523 #4B9D23

monochromatic

#140D39 #26186B #38239D #4A2ECF #745FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#38239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#38239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38239D

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38239D	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.183 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61bb',
    500: '#38239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38239d;
$custom-light: #7c61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.328,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37476,
    "c": 0.18327,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38239D

secondary

#AFC05C

accent

#E741CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38239D

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

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