#38287F#38287F

#38287F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.139 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38287F
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 127)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 68.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 32.06, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 56.78, 304.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.0365 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.139 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2193, 3.8903, 20.4977)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38287F #6F7F28

analogous

#28447F #38287F #63287F

triadic

#38287F #7F3828 #287F38

tetradic

#38287F #7F2844 #6F7F28 #287F63

square

#38287F #7F2844 #6F7F28 #287F63

split-complementary

#38287F #7F6328 #447F28

monochromatic

#0F0B22 #231950 #38287F #4D37AE #6C57CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#38287F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#38287F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38287F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38287F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38287F	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38287f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.139 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7663a5',
    500: '#38287f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38287f;
$custom-light: #7663a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38287f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.034,
    "s": 52.096,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35256,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38287F

secondary

#9EAF54

accent

#DC4CC1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38287F

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

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