#38288C#38288C

#38288C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.157 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38288C
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 140)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 71.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 36.29, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 64.29, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0344 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.157 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1218, 4.2513, 25.2512)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38288C #7C8C28

analogous

#284A8C #38288C #6A288C

triadic

#38288C #8C3828 #288C38

tetradic

#38288C #8C284A #7C8C28 #288C6A

square

#38288C #8C284A #7C8C28 #288C6A

split-complementary

#38288C #8C6A28 #4A8C28

monochromatic

#120D2D #251A5C #38288C #4B36BC #705ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#38288C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#38288C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38288C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38288C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38288C	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#044357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38288c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.157 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7963af',
    500: '#38288c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38288c;
$custom-light: #7963af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38288c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.6,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36468,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38288C

secondary

#A7B65A

accent

#DF49C7

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38288C

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

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