#38258E#38258E

#38258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.163 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38258E
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 38.66, -55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 67.25, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0364 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.163 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1734, 4.1164, 26.0025)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38258E #7B8E25

analogous

#25478E #38258E #6C258E

triadic

#38258E #8E3825 #258E38

tetradic

#38258E #8E2547 #7B8E25 #258E6C

square

#38258E #8E2547 #7B8E25 #258E6C

split-complementary

#38258E #8E6C25 #478E25

monochromatic

#120C2D #25185D #38258E #4B32BF #705AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#38258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#38258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38258E

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38258E	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.163 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7962b0',
    500: '#38258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38258e;
$custom-light: #7962b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36218,
    "c": 0.16268,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38258E

secondary

#A7B956

accent

#E246C6

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38258E

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

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