#38043B#38043B

#38043B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.106 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38043B
RGB	rgb(56, 4, 59)
HSL	hsl(297, 87%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(297, 93%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 93.2%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.87, 32.14, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.87, 38.66, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(24.59% 0.0878 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(24.59% 0.106 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.4637, 1.2435, 4.2471)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38043B #073B04

analogous

#1C043B #38043B #3B0423

triadic

#38043B #3B3804 #043B38

tetradic

#38043B #3B1C04 #073B04 #04233B

square

#38043B #3B1C04 #073B04 #04233B

split-complementary

#38043B #233B04 #043B1C

monochromatic

#1B021D #1B021D #38043B #6E0874 #A50CAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.82

#38043B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#38043B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38043B

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38043B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38043B	1.00	16.82	1.25	16.82
#FFFFFF	16.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00193C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A0E20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38043b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 4, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.106 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#714c71',
    500: '#38043b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38043b;
$custom-light: #714c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38043b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.727,
    "s": 87.302,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2459,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38043B

secondary

#237D1E

accent

#FD2A36

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#080107

muted

#7B777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38043B

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

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