#38286F#38286F

#38286F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.117 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38286F
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 111)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 64%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 26.87, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 47.22, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0381 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.117 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2581, 3.5058, 15.4355)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38286F #5F6F28

analogous

#283C6F #38286F #5C286F

triadic

#38286F #6F3828 #286F38

tetradic

#38286F #6F283C #5F6F28 #286F5C

square

#38286F #6F283C #5F6F28 #286F5C

split-complementary

#38286F #6F5C28 #3C6F28

monochromatic

#0B0816 #211842 #38286F #4F389C #6A51C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#38286F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38286F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38286F

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38286F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38286F	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38286f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.117 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#746399',
    500: '#38286f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38286f;
$custom-light: #746399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38286f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.521,
    "s": 47.02,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33863,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38286F

secondary

#8FA151

accent

#D751B9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#08050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38286F

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

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