#38253e

Color #38253e

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 20.96 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#38253e

RGB

rgb(56, 37, 62)

HSL

hsl(285.6, 25.3%, 19.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.6, 40.3%, 24.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 75.7%)

LAB

lab(17.97, 14.38, -12.44)

LCH

lch(17.97, 19.01, 319.14)

OKLCH

oklch(29.9%, 0.0508, 317.87)

HWB

hwb(285.6, 14.5%, 75.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b3e25

Analogous

#2b253e

#38253e

#3e2537

Triadic

#38253e

#3e3825

#253e38

Split-complementary

#38253e

#373e25

#253e2b

Tetradic

#38253e

#3e252b

#2b3e25

#253e38

Square

#38253e

#3e2b25

#2b3e25

#25373e

Shades

Color #38253e mixed toward black.

#2f1f34

#251929

#1c121f

#130c15

#09060a

Tints

Color #38253e mixed toward white.

#5f3f69

#865894

#a67eb2

#c4a9cc

#e1d4e5

Tones

Color #38253e mixed toward gray.

#37273c

#36293a

#352b38

#342d36

#332f34

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (13.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#313139 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#323338 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#373534 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 15.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #38253e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38253e]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#38253e (#38253e) is rgb(56, 37, 62) in RGB.

No, #38253e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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