#38277A#38277A

#38277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.134 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38277A
RGB	rgb(56, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 31.06, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 54.49, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.0382 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.134 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8682, 3.6966, 18.8129)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38277A #697A27

analogous

#27407A #38277A #62277A

triadic

#38277A #7A3827 #277A38

tetradic

#38277A #7A2740 #697A27 #277A62

square

#38277A #7A2740 #697A27 #277A62

split-complementary

#38277A #7A6227 #407A27

monochromatic

#0D091D #23184C #38277A #4D36A8 #6B53C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#38277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#38277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38277A

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38277A	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.134 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7562a1',
    500: '#38277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38277a;
$custom-light: #7562a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.289,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34641,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38277A

secondary

#99AC51

accent

#DB4DBE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF3

border

#C8C6CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38277A

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

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