#38245A#38245A

#38245A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.094 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38245A
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 90)
HSL	hsl(262, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 60%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.39, 22.89, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.39, 37.12, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(31.47% 0.0438 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(31.47% 0.094 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1068, 2.8406, 10.0028)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38245A #465A24

analogous

#242B5A #38245A #53245A

triadic

#38245A #5A3824 #245A38

tetradic

#38245A #5A242B #465A24 #245A53

square

#38245A #5A242B #465A24 #245A53

split-complementary

#38245A #5A5324 #2B5A24

monochromatic

#0E0916 #1D132E #38245A #533586 #6E47B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#38245A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38245A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38245A

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38245A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38245A	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38245a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.094 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715f89',
    500: '#38245a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38245a;
$custom-light: #715f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38245a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31472,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38245A

secondary

#758E4C

accent

#D355A4

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38245A

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

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