#38245D#38245D

#38245D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.098 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38245D
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 93)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.61, 23.80, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.61, 38.98, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.7% 0.0439 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(31.7% 0.098 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2370, 2.8927, 10.6889)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38245D #495D24

analogous

#242C5D #38245D #54245D

triadic

#38245D #5D3824 #245D38

tetradic

#38245D #5D242C #495D24 #245D54

square

#38245D #5D242C #495D24 #245D54

split-complementary

#38245D #5D5424 #2C5D24

monochromatic

#0D0916 #1D1331 #38245D #533589 #6D46B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#38245D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38245D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38245D

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38245D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38245D	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07305F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38245d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.098 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715f8b',
    500: '#38245d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38245d;
$custom-light: #715f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38245d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.053,
    "s": 44.186,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31699,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38245D

secondary

#79914C

accent

#D454A7

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38245D

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

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