#38255B#38255B

#38255B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.093 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38255B
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(261, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 59.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.72, 22.54, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.72, 37.02, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31.73% 0.0424 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(31.73% 0.093 297)
XYZ	xyz(4.1803, 2.9192, 10.2387)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38255B #485B25

analogous

#252D5B #38255B #53255B

triadic

#38255B #5B3825 #255B38

tetradic

#38255B #5B252D #485B25 #255B53

square

#38255B #5B252D #485B25 #255B53

split-complementary

#38255B #5B5325 #2D5B25

monochromatic

#0D0916 #1D132F #38255B #533787 #6E48B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#38255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38255B

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38255B	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D305D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.093 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71608a',
    500: '#38255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38255b;
$custom-light: #71608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31733,
    "c": 0.09337,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.02919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38255B

secondary

#788E4D

accent

#D256A6

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08050B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38255B

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

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