#38245F#38245F

#38245F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.101 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38245F
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 95)
HSL	hsl(260, 45%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 62.1%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.76, 24.41, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.76, 40.21, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(31.85% 0.0438 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(31.85% 0.101 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3268, 2.9286, 11.1616)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38245F #4B5F24

analogous

#242D5F #38245F #55245F

triadic

#38245F #5F3824 #245F38

tetradic

#38245F #5F242D #4B5F24 #245F55

square

#38245F #5F242D #4B5F24 #245F55

split-complementary

#38245F #5F5524 #2D5F24

monochromatic

#0D0816 #1E1333 #38245F #52358B #6C46B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#38245F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#38245F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38245F

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38245F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38245F	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C2F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38245f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.101 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725f8d',
    500: '#38245f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38245f;
$custom-light: #725f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38245f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.339,
    "s": 45.038,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31854,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38245F

secondary

#7B934C

accent

#D553A9

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38245F

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

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