#38249B#38249B

#38249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.180 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38249B
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 43.29, -61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 74.98, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.034 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.18 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1763, 4.4684, 31.4356)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38249B #879B24

analogous

#244B9B #38249B #74249B

triadic

#38249B #9B3824 #249B38

tetradic

#38249B #9B244B #879B24 #249B74

square

#38249B #9B244B #879B24 #249B74

split-complementary

#38249B #9B7424 #4B9B24

monochromatic

#140D38 #261869 #38249B #4A30CD #745FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#38249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#38249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38249B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38249B	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.180 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62ba',
    500: '#38249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38249b;
$custom-light: #7c62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.084,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37396,
    "c": 0.17987,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38249B

secondary

#AEBF5C

accent

#E542CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38249B

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

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