#382A67 is a deep, cool purple. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #382A67 works with other colors. Named schemes with #382A67 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Yale Blue carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Yale Blue adds the colour to this moody editorial scheme — charcoal and a mid-grey around it, a bone highlight, and a muted jewel accent drawn from Yale Blue.
Yale Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Yale Blue sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Yale Blue is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Yale Blue carrying the quiet middle.
How #382A67 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #382A67 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #382A67;
--color-base-rgb: 56 42 103;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(33.6% 0.103 290.3);
--color-50: #F5F4FB;
--color-100: #E6E2F4;
--color-200: #CDC5E7;
--color-300: #A99CD3;
--color-400: #8676BC;
--color-500: #67559F;
--color-600: #53477B;
--color-700: #3E3658;
--color-800: #2B263B;
--color-900: #1C1924;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
yale-blue: {
50: '#F5F4FB',
100: '#E6E2F4',
200: '#CDC5E7',
300: '#A99CD3',
400: '#8676BC',
500: '#67559F',
600: '#53477B',
700: '#3E3658',
800: '#2B263B',
900: '#1C1924',
},
}
$base: #382A67; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F5F4FB; $base-100: #E6E2F4; $base-200: #CDC5E7; $base-300: #A99CD3; $base-400: #8676BC; $base-500: #67559F; $base-600: #53477B; $base-700: #3E3658; $base-800: #2B263B; $base-900: #1C1924; $base-hover: #2C2151; $base-subtle: #BFB6DA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#382A67",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5F4FB",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6E2F4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CDC5E7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A99CD3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8676BC",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#67559F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#53477B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3E3658",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B263B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C1924",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}