#38245C#38245C

#38245C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.097 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38245C
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 92)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 60.9%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.54, 23.50, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.54, 38.36, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(31.62% 0.0438 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(31.62% 0.097 297)
XYZ	xyz(4.1930, 2.8751, 10.4572)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38245C #485C24

analogous

#242C5C #38245C #54245C

triadic

#38245C #5C3824 #245C38

tetradic

#38245C #5C242C #485C24 #245C54

square

#38245C #5C242C #485C24 #245C54

split-complementary

#38245C #5C5424 #2C5C24

monochromatic

#0D0916 #1D1330 #38245C #533588 #6E46B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#38245C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38245C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38245C

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38245C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38245C	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09305E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38245c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.097 297.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38245c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31623,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.02875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38245C

secondary

#78904C

accent

#D354A6

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38245C

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

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