#38268E#38268E

#38268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.162 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38268E
RGB	rgb(56, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(250, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 38.09, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 66.65, 304.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0356 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.162 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2050, 4.1795, 26.0130)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38268E #7C8E26

analogous

#26488E #38268E #6C268E

triadic

#38268E #8E3826 #268E38

tetradic

#38268E #8E2648 #7C8E26 #268E6C

square

#38268E #8E2648 #7C8E26 #268E6C

split-complementary

#38268E #8E6C26 #488E26

monochromatic

#120C2D #25195E #38268E #4B33BE #705BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#38268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#38268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38268E

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38268E	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.162 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7962b0',
    500: '#38268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38268e;
$custom-light: #7962b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36363,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38268E

secondary

#A7B858

accent

#E147C6

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38268E

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

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