#38303C#38303C

#38303C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.024 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38303C
RGB	rgb(56, 48, 60)
HSL	hsl(280, 11%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(280, 20%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 20%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 6.33, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 8.89, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(32.26% 0.0165 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(32.26% 0.024 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5033, 3.2809, 4.7228)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38303C #343C30

analogous

#32303C #38303C #3C303A

triadic

#38303C #3C3830 #303C38

tetradic

#38303C #3C3230 #343C30 #303A3C

square

#38303C #3C3230 #343C30 #303A3C

split-complementary

#38303C #3A3C30 #303C32

monochromatic

#100E11 #18151A #38303C #584B5E #776680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#38303C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38303C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38303C

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38303C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38303C	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F323D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30333C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38303c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 48, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.024 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6871',
    500: '#38303c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38303c;
$custom-light: #6e6871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38303c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32256,
    "c": 0.02357,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38303C

secondary

#616C5C

accent

#B47489

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#070607

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38303C

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

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