#3A2838#3A2838

#3A2838 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.038 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A2838
RGB	rgb(58, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(307, 18%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(307, 31%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 3.4%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.81, 11.69, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.81, 13.62, 329.18°)
OKLab	oklab(30.47% 0.0328 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(30.47% 0.038 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2175, 2.7028, 4.0928)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A2838 #283A2A

analogous

#33283A #3A2838 #3A282F

triadic

#3A2838 #383A28 #28383A

tetradic

#3A2838 #3A3328 #283A2A #282F3A

square

#3A2838 #3A3328 #283A2A #282F3A

split-complementary

#3A2838 #2F3A28 #283A33

monochromatic

#120C11 #160F15 #3A2838 #5E415B #825A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#3A2838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3A2838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A2838

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A2838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A2838	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B292E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a2838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.038 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70626e',
    500: '#3a2838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a2838;
$custom-light: #70626e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a2838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 18.367,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30468,
    "c": 0.0378,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A2838

secondary

#536B55

accent

#BB756D

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECEAEB

border

#C7C6C6

text

#070507

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A2838

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

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