#38276F#38276F

#38276F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.119 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38276F
RGB	rgb(56, 39, 111)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 27.51, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 47.91, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0393 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.119 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2248, 3.4393, 15.4244)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38276F #5E6F27

analogous

#273A6F #38276F #5C276F

triadic

#38276F #6F3827 #276F38

tetradic

#38276F #6F273A #5E6F27 #276F5C

square

#38276F #6F273A #5E6F27 #276F5C

split-complementary

#38276F #6F5C27 #3A6F27

monochromatic

#0B0817 #211742 #38276F #4F379C #6A4FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#38276F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38276F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38276F

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38276F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38276F	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38276f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 39, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.119 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#746299',
    500: '#38276f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38276f;
$custom-light: #746299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38276f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.167,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33686,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38276F

secondary

#8EA250

accent

#D850B8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#08050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38276F

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

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