#38239E#38239E

#38239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.184 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38239E
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 44.74, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 77.14, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0338 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.184 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4015, 4.5108, 32.7691)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38239E #899E23

analogous

#234B9E #38239E #75239E

triadic

#38239E #9E3823 #239E38

tetradic

#38239E #9E234B #899E23 #239E75

square

#38239E #9E234B #899E23 #239E75

split-complementary

#38239E #9E7523 #4B9E23

monochromatic

#140D3A #26186C #38239E #4A2ED0 #7560DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#38239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#38239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38239E

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38239E	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.184 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61bc',
    500: '#38239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38239e;
$custom-light: #7d61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37581,
    "c": 0.18447,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38239E

secondary

#AFC15C

accent

#E741CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38239E

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

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