#38259B#38259B

#38259B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.179 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38259B
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(250, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 42.76, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 74.42, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0333 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.179 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2070, 4.5298, 31.4459)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38259B #889B25

analogous

#254D9B #38259B #73259B

triadic

#38259B #9B3825 #259B38

tetradic

#38259B #9B254D #889B25 #259B73

square

#38259B #9B254D #889B25 #259B73

split-complementary

#38259B #9B7325 #4D9B25

monochromatic

#140D38 #26196A #38259B #4A31CC #7461D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#38259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#38259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38259B

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38259B	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.179 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62ba',
    500: '#38259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38259b;
$custom-light: #7c62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.661,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37528,
    "c": 0.17886,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38259B

secondary

#AFBF5D

accent

#E543CB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38259B

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

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