#38296A#38296A

#38296A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.109 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38296A
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 106)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(254, 61%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 61.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 24.61, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 43.46, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(33.64% 0.037 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(33.64% 0.109 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0246, 3.4671, 14.0373)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38296A #5B6A29

analogous

#293B6A #38296A #59296A

triadic

#38296A #6A3829 #296A38

tetradic

#38296A #6A293B #5B6A29 #296A59

square

#38296A #6A293B #5B6A29 #296A59

split-complementary

#38296A #6A5929 #3B6A29

monochromatic

#0C0916 #21183E #38296A #4F3A96 #6A52BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#38296A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38296A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38296A

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38296A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38296A	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38296a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.109 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736395',
    500: '#38296a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38296a;
$custom-light: #736395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38296a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 44.218,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33637,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38296A

secondary

#8B9C52

accent

#D454B6

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#08050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38296A

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

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