#38259F#38259F

#38259F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.184 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38259F
RGB	rgb(56, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(249, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(249, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 44.01, -62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 76.58, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0323 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.184 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5485, 4.6664, 33.2444)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38259F #8C9F25

analogous

#254F9F #38259F #75259F

triadic

#38259F #9F3825 #259F38

tetradic

#38259F #9F254F #8C9F25 #259F75

square

#38259F #9F254F #8C9F25 #259F75

split-complementary

#38259F #9F7525 #4F9F25

monochromatic

#150E3C #27196D #38259F #4A32CF #7664DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#38259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#38259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38259F

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38259F	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.184 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d63bd',
    500: '#38259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38259f;
$custom-light: #7d63bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.344,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37941,
    "c": 0.18375,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38259F

secondary

#B1C05F

accent

#E542CC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38259F

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

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