#38256E#38256E

#38256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.120 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38256E
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.17, 28.46, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.17, 48.66, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.26% 0.0417 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(33.26% 0.12 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1061, 3.2895, 15.1147)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38256E #5B6E25

analogous

#25376E #38256E #5D256E

triadic

#38256E #6E3825 #256E38

tetradic

#38256E #6E2537 #5B6E25 #256E5D

square

#38256E #6E2537 #5B6E25 #256E5D

split-complementary

#38256E #6E5D25 #376E25

monochromatic

#0C0817 #211640 #38256E #4F349C #6A4BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#38256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38256E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38256E	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.120 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#746098',
    500: '#38256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38256e;
$custom-light: #746098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.616,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33256,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38256E

secondary

#8BA14E

accent

#D94FB5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38256E

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

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