#38248E#38248E

#38248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.164 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38248E
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 39.22, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 67.84, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0372 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.164 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1427, 4.0550, 25.9923)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38248E #7A8E24

analogous

#24458E #38248E #6D248E

triadic

#38248E #8E3824 #248E38

tetradic

#38248E #8E2445 #7A8E24 #248E6D

square

#38248E #8E2445 #7A8E24 #248E6D

split-complementary

#38248E #8E6D24 #458E24

monochromatic

#110B2C #25185D #38248E #4B30BF #6F58D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#38248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#38248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38248E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38248E	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.164 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7961b0',
    500: '#38248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38248e;
$custom-light: #7961b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.321,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36076,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38248E

secondary

#A6B955

accent

#E345C5

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38248E

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

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