#38287C#38287C

#38287C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.135 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38287C
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 124)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 67.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 31.09, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 55.01, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0369 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.135 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0267, 3.8133, 19.4833)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38287C #6C7C28

analogous

#28427C #38287C #62287C

triadic

#38287C #7C3828 #287C38

tetradic

#38287C #7C2842 #6C7C28 #287C62

square

#38287C #7C2842 #6C7C28 #287C62

split-complementary

#38287C #7C6228 #427C28

monochromatic

#0E0A1F #23194E #38287C #4D37AA #6C56C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#38287C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#38287C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38287C

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38287C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38287C	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38287c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.135 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7663a3',
    500: '#38287c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38287c;
$custom-light: #7663a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38287c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34986,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38287C

secondary

#9CAD52

accent

#DB4DC0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38287C

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

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