#38288A#38288A

#38288A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.154 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38288A
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 138)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 71%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 35.64, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 63.15, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0347 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.154 283)
XYZ	xyz(6.9757, 4.1929, 24.4815)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38288A #7A8A28

analogous

#28498A #38288A #69288A

triadic

#38288A #8A3828 #288A38

tetradic

#38288A #8A2849 #7A8A28 #288A69

square

#38288A #8A2849 #7A8A28 #288A69

split-complementary

#38288A #8A6928 #498A28

monochromatic

#110C2B #251A5B #38288A #4B36B9 #6F5DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#38288A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#38288A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38288A

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38288A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38288A	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#094256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38288a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.154 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7863ad',
    500: '#38288a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38288a;
$custom-light: #7863ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38288a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.796,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36277,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.04193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38288A

secondary

#A6B559

accent

#DE49C6

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38288A

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

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