#38053B#38053B

#38053B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.105 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38053B
RGB	rgb(56, 5, 59)
HSL	hsl(297, 84%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(297, 92%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 91.5%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.03, 31.68, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.03, 38.15, 326.16°)
OKLab	oklab(24.7% 0.0866 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(24.7% 0.105 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.4745, 1.2652, 4.2507)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38053B #083B05

analogous

#1D053B #38053B #3B0523

triadic

#38053B #3B3805 #053B38

tetradic

#38053B #3B1D05 #083B05 #05233B

square

#38053B #3B1D05 #083B05 #05233B

split-complementary

#38053B #233B05 #053B1D

monochromatic

#1B021C #1B021C #38053B #6E0A73 #A30FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.76

#38053B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#38053B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38053B

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38053B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38053B	1.00	16.76	1.25	16.76
#FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12203A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A0F20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38053b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 5, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.105 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#714c71',
    500: '#38053b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38053b;
$custom-light: #714c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38053b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 84.375,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.247,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38053B

secondary

#257C20

accent

#FB2D39

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#080107

muted

#7B777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38053B

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

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