#38293C#38293C

#38293C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.039 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38293C
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 60)
HSL	hsl(287, 19%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(287, 32%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 31.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.03, 11.14, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.03, 14.60, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(30.63% 0.0296 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(30.63% 0.039 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2393, 2.7529, 4.6348)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38293C #2D3C29

analogous

#2F293C #38293C #3C2937

triadic

#38293C #3C3829 #293C38

tetradic

#38293C #3C2F29 #2D3C29 #29373C

square

#38293C #3C2F29 #2D3C29 #29373C

split-complementary

#38293C #373C29 #293C2F

monochromatic

#110C12 #161018 #38293C #5A4260 #7C5B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.54

#38293C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#38293C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38293C

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38293C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38293C	1.00	13.54	1.55	13.54
#FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382B30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38293c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.039 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6271',
    500: '#38293c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38293c;
$custom-light: #6f6271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38293c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 18.812,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30632,
    "c": 0.03915,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38293C

secondary

#596D54

accent

#BB6C7D

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECEAEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#070507

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38293C

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

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