#38249C#38249C

#38249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.181 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38249C
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(250, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 43.60, -61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 75.52, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% 0.0337 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.181 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2606, 4.5022, 31.8797)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38249C #889C24

analogous

#244C9C #38249C #74249C

triadic

#38249C #9C3824 #249C38

tetradic

#38249C #9C244C #889C24 #249C74

square

#38249C #9C244C #889C24 #249C74

split-complementary

#38249C #9C7424 #4C9C24

monochromatic

#140D39 #26196A #38249C #4A2FCE #7460DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#38249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#38249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38249C

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38249C	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.181 280.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.375,
    "c": 0.18108,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38249C

secondary

#AFBF5C

accent

#E642CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38249C

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

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