#38283F#38283F

#38283F is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.046 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38283F
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 63)
HSL	hsl(282, 22%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(282, 37%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 36.5%, 0%, 75.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.87, 12.58, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.87, 17.21, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(30.56% 0.0325 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(30.56% 0.046 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2867, 2.7173, 5.0530)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38283F #2F3F28

analogous

#2C283F #38283F #3F283A

triadic

#38283F #3F3828 #283F38

tetradic

#38283F #3F2C28 #2F3F28 #283A3F

square

#38283F #3F2C28 #2F3F28 #283A3F

split-complementary

#38283F #3A3F28 #283F2C

monochromatic

#110C13 #17101A #38283F #594064 #7B588A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.61

#38283F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#38283F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38283F

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38283F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38283F	1.00	13.61	1.54	13.61
#FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382B30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38283f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.046 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6274',
    500: '#38283f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38283f;
$custom-light: #6f6274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38283f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 22.33,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30562,
    "c": 0.04567,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38283F

secondary

#5B7152

accent

#BF6983

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#ECEAED

border

#C7C6C8

text

#070508

muted

#7A797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38283F

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

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