#38249A#38249A

#38249A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.179 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38249A
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 154)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 42.98, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 74.44, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0343 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.179 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0927, 4.4350, 30.9952)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38249A #869A24

analogous

#244B9A #38249A #73249A

triadic

#38249A #9A3824 #249A38

tetradic

#38249A #9A244B #869A24 #249A73

square

#38249A #9A244B #869A24 #249A73

split-complementary

#38249A #9A7324 #4B9A24

monochromatic

#140D37 #261868 #38249A #4A30CC #745FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#38249A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#38249A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38249A

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38249A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38249A	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38249a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.179 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62b9',
    500: '#38249a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38249a;
$custom-light: #7c62b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38249a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37293,
    "c": 0.17865,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38249A

secondary

#AEBF5B

accent

#E543CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38249A

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

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