#38043A#38043A

#38043A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.105 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38043A
RGB	rgb(56, 4, 58)
HSL	hsl(298, 87%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(298, 93%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 93.1%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.80, 31.94, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.80, 38.16, 326.81°)
OKLab	oklab(24.51% 0.088 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(24.51% 0.105 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.4380, 1.2333, 4.1118)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38043A #063A04

analogous

#1D043A #38043A #3A0421

triadic

#38043A #3A3804 #043A38

tetradic

#38043A #3A1D04 #063A04 #04213A

square

#38043A #3A1D04 #063A04 #04213A

split-complementary

#38043A #213A04 #043A1D

monochromatic

#1C021D #1C021D #38043A #6F0873 #A70CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.85

#38043A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#38043A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38043A

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38043A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38043A	1.00	16.85	1.25	16.85
#FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00193B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A0E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38043a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 4, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.105 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#714c70',
    500: '#38043a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38043a;
$custom-light: #714c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38043a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24514,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38043A

secondary

#217C1E

accent

#FD2B32

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#080107

muted

#7B777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38043A

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

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