#38279E#38279E

#38279E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.181 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38279E
RGB	rgb(56, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(249, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(249, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 42.62, -61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 74.91, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0313 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.181 280)
XYZ	xyz(8.5260, 4.7597, 32.8105)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38279E #8D9E27

analogous

#27519E #38279E #73279E

triadic

#38279E #9E3827 #279E38

tetradic

#38279E #9E2751 #8D9E27 #279E73

square

#38279E #9E2751 #8D9E27 #279E73

split-complementary

#38279E #9E7327 #519E27

monochromatic

#150F3C #271B6D #38279E #4B35CD #7766D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#38279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#38279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38279E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38279E	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.181 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64bc',
    500: '#38279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38279e;
$custom-light: #7c64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38105,
    "c": 0.18052,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.0476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38279E

secondary

#B2BF62

accent

#E444CD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38279E

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

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