#38243E#38243E

#38243E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.053 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38243E
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(286, 27%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(286, 42%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 41.9%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.69, 15.06, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.69, 19.81, 319.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.65% 0.0395 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(29.65% 0.053 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1311, 2.4504, 4.8645)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38243E #2A3E24

analogous

#2B243E #38243E #3E2437

triadic

#38243E #3E3824 #243E38

tetradic

#38243E #3E2B24 #2A3E24 #24373E

square

#38243E #3E2B24 #2A3E24 #24373E

split-complementary

#38243E #373E24 #243E2B

monochromatic

#110B13 #150E17 #38243E #5B3A65 #7E518B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.09

#38243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#38243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38243E

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38243E	1.00	14.09	1.49	14.09
#FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38272E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.053 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5f73',
    500: '#38243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38243e;
$custom-light: #6f5f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 26.531,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29649,
    "c": 0.053,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38243E

secondary

#55714D

accent

#C3657B

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#ECE9ED

border

#C7C5C8

text

#070408

muted

#7A797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38243E

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

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