#38245B#38245B

#38245B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.095 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38245B
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 91)
HSL	hsl(262, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 60.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.47, 23.19, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.47, 37.74, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0438 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.095 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1496, 2.8578, 10.2285)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38245B #475B24

analogous

#242C5B #38245B #53245B

triadic

#38245B #5B3824 #245B38

tetradic

#38245B #5B242C #475B24 #245B53

square

#38245B #5B242C #475B24 #245B53

split-complementary

#38245B #5B5324 #2C5B24

monochromatic

#0D0916 #1D132F #38245B #533587 #6E47B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#38245B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38245B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38245B

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38245B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38245B	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A2F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#122F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38245b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.095 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715f8a',
    500: '#38245b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38245b;
$custom-light: #715f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38245b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31547,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38245B

secondary

#768F4C

accent

#D355A5

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38245B

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

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