#38303d

Color #38303d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.24 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#38303d

RGB

rgb(56, 48, 61)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 11.9%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 21.3%, 23.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 76.1%)

LAB

lab(21.18, 6.58, -6.87)

LCH

lch(21.18, 9.51, 313.76)

OKLCH

oklch(32.3%, 0.0251, 312.41)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 18.8%, 76.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#353d30

Analogous

#32303d

#38303d

#3d303c

Triadic

#38303d

#3d3830

#303d38

Split-complementary

#38303d

#3c3d30

#303d32

Tetradic

#38303d

#3d3035

#353d30

#303d38

Square

#38303d

#3d3230

#353d30

#303c3d

Shades

Color #38303d mixed toward black.

#2f2833

#252029

#1c181f

#131014

#09080a

Tints

Color #38303d mixed toward white.

#5a4e62

#7d6b88

#9e8fa7

#beb4c4

#dfdae2

Tones

Color #38303d mixed toward gray.

#38313c

#38323b

#37333a

#373439

#373538

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.66:1

White text reads better on this background (12.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#35353a · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#353639 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#383837 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#333333 · ΔE 9.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #38303d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38303d]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#38303d (#38303d) is rgb(56, 48, 61) in RGB.

No, #38303d 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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