#38259D#38259D

#38259D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.181 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38259D
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 43.38, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 75.50, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0329 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.181 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3763, 4.5976, 32.3378)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38259D #8A9D25

analogous

#254E9D #38259D #74259D

triadic

#38259D #9D3825 #259D38

tetradic

#38259D #9D254E #8A9D25 #259D74

square

#38259D #9D254E #8A9D25 #259D74

split-complementary

#38259D #9D7425 #4E9D25

monochromatic

#150E3A #26196B #38259D #4A31CE #7562DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#38259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#38259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38259D

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38259D	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.181 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62bb',
    500: '#38259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38259d;
$custom-light: #7c62bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37734,
    "c": 0.18131,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38259D

secondary

#B0BF5E

accent

#E543CB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38259D

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

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