#38247B#38247B

#38247B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.139 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38247B
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 123)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 70.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.06, 33.20, -46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.06, 57.02, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.25% 0.0411 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(34.25% 0.139 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8359, 3.5323, 19.1093)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.79

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38247B #677B24

analogous

#243B7B #38247B #63247B

triadic

#38247B #7B3824 #247B38

tetradic

#38247B #7B243B #677B24 #247B63

square

#38247B #7B243B #677B24 #247B63

split-complementary

#38247B #7B6324 #3B7B24

monochromatic

#0D081C #22164C #38247B #4E32AA #6B4ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#38247B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#38247B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38247B

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38247B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38247B	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38247b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.139 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660a2',
    500: '#38247b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38247b;
$custom-light: #7660a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38247b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.793,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3425,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38247B

secondary

#97AD4D

accent

#DE4ABC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38247B

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

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