#38258F#38258F

#38258F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.164 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38258F
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 143)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 38.98, -55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 67.81, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.0362 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.164 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2488, 4.1466, 26.3997)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38258F #7C8F25

analogous

#25478F #38258F #6D258F

triadic

#38258F #8F3825 #258F38

tetradic

#38258F #8F2547 #7C8F25 #258F6D

square

#38258F #8F2547 #7C8F25 #258F6D

split-complementary

#38258F #8F6D25 #478F25

monochromatic

#120C2E #25185E #38258F #4B32C0 #705AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#38258F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#38258F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38258F

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38258F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38258F	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38258f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.164 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7962b1',
    500: '#38258f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38258f;
$custom-light: #7962b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38258f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.755,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36317,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38258F

secondary

#A7B957

accent

#E246C6

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38258F

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

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