#3A2238#3A2238

#3A2238 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.051 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A2238
RGB	rgb(58, 34, 56)
HSL	hsl(305, 26%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(305, 41%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 3.4%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.13, 15.76, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.13, 18.42, 328.82°)
OKLab	oklab(29.19% 0.0443 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(29.19% 0.051 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0307, 2.3293, 4.0306)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A2238 #223A24

analogous

#30223A #3A2238 #3A222C

triadic

#3A2238 #383A22 #22383A

tetradic

#3A2238 #3A3022 #223A24 #222C3A

square

#3A2238 #3A3022 #223A24 #222C3A

split-complementary

#3A2238 #2C3A22 #223A30

monochromatic

#130B13 #130B13 #3A2238 #61395D #874F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#3A2238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#3A2238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A2238

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A2238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A2238	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C242A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a2238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 34, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.051 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715d6e',
    500: '#3a2238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a2238;
$custom-light: #715d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a2238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29188,
    "c": 0.05124,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A2238

secondary

#4B6D4E

accent

#C26D65

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECE9EC

border

#C7C5C7

text

#070407

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A2238

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

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