#3E283C#3E283C

#3E283C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.046 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E283C
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 60)
HSL	hsl(305, 22%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(305, 35%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 3.2%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.51, 14.26, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.51, 16.67, 328.79°)
OKLab	oklab(31.17% 0.04 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(31.17% 0.046 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5609, 2.8681, 4.6401)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E283C #283E2A

analogous

#35283E #3E283C #3E2831

triadic

#3E283C #3C3E28 #283C3E

tetradic

#3E283C #3E3528 #283E2A #28313E

square

#3E283C #3E3528 #283E2A #28313E

split-complementary

#3E283C #313E28 #283E35

monochromatic

#130C12 #191018 #3E283C #634060 #885884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#3E283C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#3E283C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E283C

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E283C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E283C	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C303B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40292F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e283c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.046 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736271',
    500: '#3e283c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e283c;
$custom-light: #736271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e283c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 21.569,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31174,
    "c": 0.04629,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E283C

secondary

#527055

accent

#BE716A

background

#F7F5F6

surface

#EDEAEC

border

#C8C6C7

text

#080507

muted

#7B797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E283C

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

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