#38259A#38259A

#38259A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.178 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38259A
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(250, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 42.45, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 73.87, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0336 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.178 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1233, 4.4964, 31.0054)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38259A #879A25

analogous

#254C9A #38259A #73259A

triadic

#38259A #9A3825 #259A38

tetradic

#38259A #9A254C #879A25 #259A73

square

#38259A #9A254C #879A25 #259A73

split-complementary

#38259A #9A7325 #4C9A25

monochromatic

#140D37 #261969 #38259A #4A31CB #7460D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#38259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#38259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38259A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38259A	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.178 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62b9',
    500: '#38259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38259a;
$custom-light: #7c62b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.744,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37426,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38259A

secondary

#AEBE5D

accent

#E443CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38259A

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

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