#38247D#38247D

#38247D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.142 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38247D
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 125)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(253, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 71.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 33.83, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 58.18, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.0407 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.142 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9623, 3.5829, 19.7755)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38247D #697D24

analogous

#243D7D #38247D #65247D

triadic

#38247D #7D3824 #247D38

tetradic

#38247D #7D243D #697D24 #247D65

square

#38247D #7D243D #697D24 #247D65

split-complementary

#38247D #7D6524 #3D7D24

monochromatic

#0D091E #23164D #38247D #4D32AD #6B4FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#38247D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#38247D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38247D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38247D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38247D	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38247d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.142 286.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38247d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.483,
    "s": 55.28,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34436,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38247D

secondary

#99AF4D

accent

#DF49BD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38247D

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

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