#38239F#38239F

#38239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.186 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38239F
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 45.05, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 77.67, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0336 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.186 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4879, 4.5454, 33.2242)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38239F #8A9F23

analogous

#234C9F #38239F #76239F

triadic

#38239F #9F3823 #239F38

tetradic

#38239F #9F234C #8A9F23 #239F76

square

#38239F #9F234C #8A9F23 #239F76

split-complementary

#38239F #9F7623 #4C9F23

monochromatic

#150D3B #26186D #38239F #4A2ED1 #7560DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#38239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#38239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38239F

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38239F	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.186 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61bd',
    500: '#38239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38239f;
$custom-light: #7d61bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.161,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37686,
    "c": 0.18567,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38239F

secondary

#B0C15D

accent

#E741CB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38239F

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

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