#38243C#38243C

#38243C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.050 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38243C
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 60)
HSL	hsl(290, 25%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(290, 40%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 40%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.59, 14.56, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.59, 18.64, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(29.54% 0.0389 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(29.54% 0.05 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.0773, 2.4288, 4.5808)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38243C #283C24

analogous

#2C243C #38243C #3C2434

triadic

#38243C #3C3824 #243C38

tetradic

#38243C #3C2C24 #283C24 #24343C

square

#38243C #3C2C24 #283C24 #24343C

split-complementary

#38243C #343C24 #243C2C

monochromatic

#120B13 #140D16 #38243C #5C3B62 #7F5289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.13

#38243C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#38243C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38243C

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38243C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38243C	1.00	14.13	1.49	14.13
#FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38272D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38243c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.050 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5f71',
    500: '#38243c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38243c;
$custom-light: #6f5f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38243c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29542,
    "c": 0.05025,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38243C

secondary

#536E4D

accent

#C16676

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECE9EC

border

#C7C5C7

text

#070407

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38243C

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

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