#38255D#38255D

#38255D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.096 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38255D
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 93)
HSL	hsl(260, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.86, 23.15, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.86, 38.26, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(31.88% 0.0424 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(31.88% 0.096 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2677, 2.9541, 10.6992)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38255D #4A5D25

analogous

#252E5D #38255D #54255D

triadic

#38255D #5D3825 #255D38

tetradic

#38255D #5D252E #4A5D25 #255D54

square

#38255D #5D252E #4A5D25 #255D54

split-complementary

#38255D #5D5425 #2E5D25

monochromatic

#0D0916 #1E1431 #38255D #523689 #6D48B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#38255D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#38255D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38255D

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38255D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38255D	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A305F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38255d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.096 296.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38255d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.357,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31883,
    "c": 0.09627,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38255D

secondary

#7A904D

accent

#D355A8

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38255D

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

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