#38258D#38258D

#38258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.161 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38258D
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.96, 38.34, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.96, 66.69, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0366 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.161 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0987, 4.0865, 25.6088)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38258D #7A8D25

analogous

#25468D #38258D #6C258D

triadic

#38258D #8D3825 #258D38

tetradic

#38258D #8D2546 #7A8D25 #258D6C

square

#38258D #8D2546 #7A8D25 #258D6C

split-complementary

#38258D #8D6C25 #468D25

monochromatic

#110C2C #25185D #38258D #4B32BD #6F59D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#38258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#38258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38258D

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38258D	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#024156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.161 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7962af',
    500: '#38258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38258d;
$custom-light: #7962af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.962,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36119,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38258D

secondary

#A6B856

accent

#E246C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38258D

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

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