#38246A#38246A

#38246A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.116 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38246A
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 106)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 66%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.61, 27.82, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.61, 46.93, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(32.75% 0.0433 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(32.75% 0.116 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8626, 3.1430, 13.9833)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38246A #566A24

analogous

#24336A #38246A #5B246A

triadic

#38246A #6A3824 #246A38

tetradic

#38246A #6A2433 #566A24 #246A5B

square

#38246A #6A2433 #566A24 #246A5B

split-complementary

#38246A #6A5B24 #336A24

monochromatic

#0C0817 #20143C #38246A #503498 #6A48C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#38246A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#38246A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38246A

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38246A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38246A	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38246a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.116 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736095',
    500: '#38246a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38246a;
$custom-light: #736095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38246a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32747,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38246A

secondary

#869D4D

accent

#D94FB1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38246A

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

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