#38293D#38293D

#38293D is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.041 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38293D
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 61)
HSL	hsl(285, 20%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(285, 33%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 32.8%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.07, 11.38, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.07, 15.19, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(30.68% 0.0299 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(30.68% 0.041 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2660, 2.7636, 4.7754)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38293D #2E3D29

analogous

#2E293D #38293D #3D2938

triadic

#38293D #3D3829 #293D38

tetradic

#38293D #3D2E29 #2E3D29 #29383D

square

#38293D #3D2E29 #2E3D29 #29383D

split-complementary

#38293D #383D29 #293D2E

monochromatic

#110C12 #161018 #38293D #5A4262 #7B5A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#38293D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#38293D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38293D

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38293D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38293D	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382B30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38293d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.041 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6272',
    500: '#38293d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38293d;
$custom-light: #6f6272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38293d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 19.608,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30681,
    "c": 0.04058,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38293D

secondary

#5A6E54

accent

#BC6C80

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECEAEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#070508

muted

#7A797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38293D

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

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