#38323E#38323E

#38323E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.022 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38323E
RGB	rgb(56, 50, 62)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 19%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 5.47, -6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 8.53, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(32.82% 0.0137 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(32.82% 0.022 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6408, 3.4698, 5.0344)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38323E #383E32

analogous

#32323E #38323E #3E323E

triadic

#38323E #3E3832 #323E38

tetradic

#38323E #3E3232 #383E32 #323E3E

square

#38323E #3E3232 #383E32 #323E3E

split-complementary

#38323E #3E3E32 #323E32

monochromatic

#0F0E11 #19171C #38323E #574D60 #756982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#38323E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#38323E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38323E

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38323E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38323E	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30343F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31343E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38323e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 50, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.022 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6973',
    500: '#38323e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38323e;
$custom-light: #6e6973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38323e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32824,
    "c": 0.02236,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38323E

secondary

#666E5E

accent

#B47494

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#070608

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38323E

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

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