#38283A#38283A

#38283A is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.039 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38283A
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 58)
HSL	hsl(293, 18%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(293, 31%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 31%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.64, 11.33, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.64, 14.25, 322.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30.31% 0.0307 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(30.31% 0.039 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.1533, 2.6639, 4.3502)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38283A #2A3A28

analogous

#2F283A #38283A #3A2833

triadic

#38283A #3A3828 #283A38

tetradic

#38283A #3A2F28 #2A3A28 #28333A

square

#38283A #3A2F28 #2A3A28 #28333A

split-complementary

#38283A #333A28 #283A2F

monochromatic

#110C12 #150F16 #38283A #5B415E #7E5A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#38283A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#38283A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38283A

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38283A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38283A	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38283a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.039 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6270',
    500: '#38283a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38283a;
$custom-light: #6f6270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38283a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 18.367,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30311,
    "c": 0.03863,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38283A

secondary

#556B53

accent

#BB6D75

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECEAEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#070507

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38283A

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

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