#38259C#38259C

#38259C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.180 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38259C
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 43.07, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 74.96, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0331 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.18 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2913, 4.5636, 31.8900)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38259C #899C25

analogous

#254D9C #38259C #73259C

triadic

#38259C #9C3825 #259C38

tetradic

#38259C #9C254D #899C25 #259C73

square

#38259C #9C254D #899C25 #259C73

split-complementary

#38259C #9C7325 #4D9C25

monochromatic

#140E39 #26196B #38259C #4A31CD #7562DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#38259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#38259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38259C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38259C	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.180 280.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.58,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37631,
    "c": 0.1801,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38259C

secondary

#AFBF5E

accent

#E543CB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38259C

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

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