#38247A#38247A

#38247A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.138 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38247A
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 122)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 32.88, -45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 56.43, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.0413 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.138 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7736, 3.5074, 18.7813)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38247A #667A24

analogous

#243B7A #38247A #63247A

triadic

#38247A #7A3824 #247A38

tetradic

#38247A #7A243B #667A24 #247A63

square

#38247A #7A243B #667A24 #247A63

split-complementary

#38247A #7A6324 #3B7A24

monochromatic

#0D081B #22164B #38247A #4E32A9 #6B4ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#38247A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38247A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38247A

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38247A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38247A	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38247a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.138 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660a1',
    500: '#38247a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38247a;
$custom-light: #7660a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38247a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.953,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34158,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38247A

secondary

#96AC4D

accent

#DE4ABB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38247A

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

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