#38283f

Color #38283f

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#38283f

RGB

rgb(56, 40, 63)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 22.3%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 36.5%, 24.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.1%, 36.5%, 0%, 75.3%)

LAB

lab(18.87, 12.58, -11.74)

LCH

lch(18.87, 17.21, 316.98)

OKLCH

oklch(30.6%, 0.0457, 315.35)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 15.7%, 75.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f3f28

Analogous

#2d283f

#38283f

#3f283b

Triadic

#38283f

#3f3828

#283f38

Split-complementary

#38283f

#3b3f28

#283f2d

Tetradic

#38283f

#3f282f

#2f3f28

#283f38

Square

#38283f

#3f2d28

#2f3f28

#283b3f

Shades

Color #38283f mixed toward black.

#2f2134

#251b2a

#1c141f

#130d15

#09070a

Tints

Color #38283f mixed toward white.

#5d4268

#825d92

#a283b0

#c1acca

#e0d6e5

Tones

Color #38283f mixed toward gray.

#372a3d

#362c3b

#362e39

#353037

#343235

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.54:1

White text reads better on this background (13.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#32323a · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#333439 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#373635 · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38283f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38283f]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#38283f (#38283f) is rgb(56, 40, 63) in RGB.

No, #38283f 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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