#38223C#38223C

#38223C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.055 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38223C
RGB	rgb(56, 34, 60)
HSL	hsl(291, 28%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(291, 43%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 43.3%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.04, 15.91, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.04, 20.23, 321.87°)
OKLab	oklab(29.13% 0.0426 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(29.13% 0.055 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0184, 2.3112, 4.5612)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38223C #263C22

analogous

#2B223C #38223C #3C2233

triadic

#38223C #3C3822 #223C38

tetradic

#38223C #3C2B22 #263C22 #22333C

square

#38223C #3C2B22 #263C22 #22333C

split-complementary

#38223C #333C22 #223C2B

monochromatic

#120B14 #140C15 #38223C #5C3863 #814E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#38223C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#38223C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38223C

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38223C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38223C	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F283D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38223c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 34, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.055 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5d71',
    500: '#38223c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38223c;
$custom-light: #6f5d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38223c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29125,
    "c": 0.05465,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38223C

secondary

#506F4B

accent

#C46473

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECE9EC

border

#C7C5C7

text

#070407

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38223C

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

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