#383640#383640

#383640 is a dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.018 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383640
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 64)
HSL	hsl(252, 8%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 3.27, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 6.75, 299.00°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.0073 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.018 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8753, 3.8492, 5.3883)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383640 #3E4036

analogous

#363940 #383640 #3D3640

triadic

#383640 #403836 #364038

tetradic

#383640 #403639 #3E4036 #36403D

square

#383640 #403639 #3E4036 #36403D

split-complementary

#383640 #403D36 #394036

monochromatic

#0F0E11 #1B1A1F #383640 #555261 #726E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#383640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#383640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383640

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383640	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.018 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6d74',
    500: '#383640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383640;
$custom-light: #6e6d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33887,
    "c": 0.01752,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383640

secondary

#6D6F63

accent

#B176A6

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#EBEBED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#070708

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #383640

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

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