#38277D#38277D

#38277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.138 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38277D
RGB	rgb(56, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.90, 32.03, -46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.90, 56.26, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0378 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.138 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0570, 3.7721, 19.8070)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38277D #6C7D27

analogous

#27417D #38277D #63277D

triadic

#38277D #7D3827 #277D38

tetradic

#38277D #7D2741 #6C7D27 #277D63

square

#38277D #7D2741 #6C7D27 #277D63

split-complementary

#38277D #7D6327 #417D27

monochromatic

#0E0A20 #23184E #38277D #4D36AC #6C55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#38277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#38277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38277D

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38277D	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.138 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7662a3',
    500: '#38277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38277d;
$custom-light: #7662a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.86,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34911,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38277D

secondary

#9CAF51

accent

#DC4CBF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38277D

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

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