#38286E#38286E

#38286E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.116 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38286E
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 110)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 26.55, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 46.61, 304.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0381 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.116 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2033, 3.4839, 15.1471)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38286E #5E6E28

analogous

#283B6E #38286E #5B286E

triadic

#38286E #6E3828 #286E38

tetradic

#38286E #6E283B #5E6E28 #286E5B

square

#38286E #6E283B #5E6E28 #286E5B

split-complementary

#38286E #6E5B28 #3B6E28

monochromatic

#0B0816 #211841 #38286E #4F389B #6A51C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#38286E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38286E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38286E

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38286E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38286E	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38286e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.116 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736298',
    500: '#38286e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38286e;
$custom-light: #736298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38286e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3378,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38286E

secondary

#8EA051

accent

#D651B8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#08050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38286E

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

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