#38279A#38279A

#38279A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.176 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38279A
RGB	rgb(56, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(249, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(249, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 41.35, -59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 72.72, 304.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.0322 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.176 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1873, 4.6243, 31.0267)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38279A #899A27

analogous

#274F9A #38279A #72279A

triadic

#38279A #9A3827 #279A38

tetradic

#38279A #9A274F #899A27 #279A72

square

#38279A #9A274F #899A27 #279A72

split-complementary

#38279A #9A7227 #4F9A27

monochromatic

#140E38 #261B69 #38279A #4A33CB #7564D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#38279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#38279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38279A

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38279A	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.176 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b63b9',
    500: '#38279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38279a;
$custom-light: #7b63b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.87,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37699,
    "c": 0.17557,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38279A

secondary

#AFBD5F

accent

#E345CB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38279A

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

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