#38203C#38203C

#38203C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.059 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38203C
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 60)
HSL	hsl(291, 30%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(291, 47%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 46.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.50, 17.26, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.50, 21.80, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(28.72% 0.0463 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(28.72% 0.059 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9629, 2.2001, 4.5427)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38203C #243C20

analogous

#2A203C #38203C #3C2032

triadic

#38203C #3C3820 #203C38

tetradic

#38203C #3C2A20 #243C20 #20323C

square

#38203C #3C2A20 #243C20 #20323C

split-complementary

#38203C #323C20 #203C2A

monochromatic

#130B14 #130B14 #38203C #5D3564 #834B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#38203C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#38203C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38203C

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38203C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38203C	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D273D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39232B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38203c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.059 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5c71',
    500: '#38203c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38203c;
$custom-light: #6f5c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38203c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2872,
    "c": 0.05899,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38203C

secondary

#4E6F48

accent

#C76170

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECE9EC

border

#C7C5C7

text

#070407

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38203C

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

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