#38247C#38247C

#38247C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.141 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38247C
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 124)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 71%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 33.52, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 57.60, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.0409 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.141 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8988, 3.5574, 19.4407)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.83

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38247C #687C24

analogous

#243C7C #38247C #64247C

triadic

#38247C #7C3824 #247C38

tetradic

#38247C #7C243C #687C24 #247C64

square

#38247C #7C243C #687C24 #247C64

split-complementary

#38247C #7C6424 #3C7C24

monochromatic

#0D081D #23164D #38247C #4D32AB #6B4FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#38247C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#38247C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38247C

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38247C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38247C	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38247c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.141 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660a3',
    500: '#38247c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38247c;
$custom-light: #7660a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38247c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34343,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38247C

secondary

#98AE4D

accent

#DE49BD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38247C

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

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