#38288B#38288B

#38288B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.155 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38288B
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 35.96, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 63.72, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0345 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.155 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0484, 4.2220, 24.8646)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38288B #7B8B28

analogous

#28498B #38288B #69288B

triadic

#38288B #8B3828 #288B38

tetradic

#38288B #8B2849 #7B8B28 #288B69

square

#38288B #8B2849 #7B8B28 #288B69

split-complementary

#38288B #8B6928 #498B28

monochromatic

#120D2C #251A5B #38288B #4B36BB #705DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#38288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#38288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38288B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38288B	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#064256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.155 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7863ae',
    500: '#38288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38288b;
$custom-light: #7863ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.697,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36373,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38288B

secondary

#A7B659

accent

#DF49C6

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38288B

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

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