#38259E#38259E

#38259E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.183 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38259E
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(249, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(249, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 43.70, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 76.04, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.0326 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.183 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4621, 4.6319, 32.7892)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38259E #8B9E25

analogous

#254F9E #38259E #74259E

triadic

#38259E #9E3825 #259E38

tetradic

#38259E #9E254F #8B9E25 #259E74

square

#38259E #9E254F #8B9E25 #259E74

split-complementary

#38259E #9E7425 #4F9E25

monochromatic

#150E3B #26196C #38259E #4A31CF #7663DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#38259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#38259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38259E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38259E	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.183 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62bc',
    500: '#38259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38259e;
$custom-light: #7c62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.421,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37838,
    "c": 0.18253,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38259E

secondary

#B1C05F

accent

#E543CC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38259E

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

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