#38283C#38283C

#38283C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.041 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38283C
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 60)
HSL	hsl(288, 20%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(288, 33%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 11.82, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 15.41, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(30.41% 0.0315 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(30.41% 0.041 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2052, 2.6847, 4.6234)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38283C #2C3C28

analogous

#2E283C #38283C #3C2836

triadic

#38283C #3C3828 #283C38

tetradic

#38283C #3C2E28 #2C3C28 #28363C

square

#38283C #3C2E28 #2C3C28 #28363C

split-complementary

#38283C #363C28 #283C2E

monochromatic

#110C12 #161017 #38283C #5A4061 #7D5985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#38283C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#38283C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38283C

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38283C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38283C	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38283c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.041 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6271',
    500: '#38283c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38283c;
$custom-light: #6f6271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38283c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30409,
    "c": 0.04138,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38283C

secondary

#586D52

accent

#BD6B7B

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECEAEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#070507

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38283C

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

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