#38279B#38279B

#38279B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.177 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38279B
RGB	rgb(56, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(249, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(249, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 41.67, -60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 73.27, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.032 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.177 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2709, 4.6577, 31.4672)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38279B #8A9B27

analogous

#27509B #38279B #72279B

triadic

#38279B #9B3827 #279B38

tetradic

#38279B #9B2750 #8A9B27 #279B72

square

#38279B #9B2750 #8A9B27 #279B72

split-complementary

#38279B #9B7227 #509B27

monochromatic

#150E39 #261B6A #38279B #4A33CC #7564D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#38279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#38279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38279B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38279B	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.177 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c63ba',
    500: '#38279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38279b;
$custom-light: #7c63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.793,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37801,
    "c": 0.17681,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38279B

secondary

#B0BE60

accent

#E345CC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38279B

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

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