#38245E#38245E

#38245E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.099 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38245E
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 94)
HSL	hsl(261, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 61.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.68, 24.10, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.68, 39.59, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(31.78% 0.0439 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(31.78% 0.099 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2816, 2.9106, 10.9237)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38245E #4A5E24

analogous

#242D5E #38245E #55245E

triadic

#38245E #5E3824 #245E38

tetradic

#38245E #5E242D #4A5E24 #245E55

square

#38245E #5E242D #4A5E24 #245E55

split-complementary

#38245E #5E5524 #2D5E24

monochromatic

#0D0816 #1E1332 #38245E #52358A #6D46B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#38245E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38245E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38245E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38245E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38245E	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38245e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.099 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725f8c',
    500: '#38245e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38245e;
$custom-light: #725f8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38245e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31776,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38245E

secondary

#7A924C

accent

#D453A8

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38245E

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

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