#38173E#38173E

#38173E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.080 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38173E
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 62)
HSL	hsl(291, 46%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(291, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.41, 23.47, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.41, 29.58, 322.50°)
OKLab	oklab(27.2% 0.0623 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(27.2% 0.08 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.8067, 1.8015, 4.7564)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38173E #1D3E17

analogous

#25173E #38173E #3E1731

triadic

#38173E #3E3817 #173E38

tetradic

#38173E #3E2517 #1D3E17 #17313E

square

#38173E #3E2517 #1D3E17 #17313E

split-complementary

#38173E #313E17 #173E25

monochromatic

#140816 #140816 #38173E #60286B #893897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.44

#38173E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#38173E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38173E

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38173E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38173E	1.00	15.44	1.36	15.44
#FFFFFF	15.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10223F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B263D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#391D27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38173e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.080 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705673',
    500: '#38173e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38173e;
$custom-light: #705673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38173e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27202,
    "c": 0.07985,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38173E

secondary

#45753C

accent

#D65266

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#ECE9ED

border

#C7C5C8

text

#070308

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38173E

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

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