#38249E#38249E

#38249E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.184 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38249E
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(250, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.47, 44.22, -62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.47, 76.59, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0332 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.184 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4314, 4.5705, 32.7790)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38249E #8A9E24

analogous

#244D9E #38249E #75249E

triadic

#38249E #9E3824 #249E38

tetradic

#38249E #9E244D #8A9E24 #249E75

square

#38249E #9E244D #8A9E24 #249E75

split-complementary

#38249E #9E7524 #4D9E24

monochromatic

#150D3A #26196C #38249E #4A2FD0 #7561DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#38249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#38249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38249E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38249E	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.184 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62bc',
    500: '#38249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38249e;
$custom-light: #7d62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.836,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37708,
    "c": 0.18351,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38249E

secondary

#B0C05E

accent

#E642CB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38249E

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

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