#3E3442#3E3442

#3E3442 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.028 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3442
RGB	rgb(62, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(283, 12%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 21%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 7.56, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 10.34, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0199 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.028 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1978, 3.8735, 5.6797)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3442 #384234

analogous

#373442 #3E3442 #42343F

triadic

#3E3442 #423E34 #34423E

tetradic

#3E3442 #423734 #384234 #343F42

square

#3E3442 #423734 #384234 #343F42

split-complementary

#3E3442 #3F4234 #344237

monochromatic

#100D11 #1E1920 #3E3442 #5E4F64 #7E6A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#3E3442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3E3442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3442

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3442	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#323743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.028 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736b76',
    500: '#3e3442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3442;
$custom-light: #736b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34126,
    "c": 0.02753,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3442

secondary

#657260

accent

#B57386

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECEBED

border

#C7C6C8

text

#080608

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3442

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

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