#38288D#38288D

#38288D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.158 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38288D
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 36.61, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 64.86, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0342 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.158 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1959, 4.2809, 25.6413)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38288D #7D8D28

analogous

#284A8D #38288D #6A288D

triadic

#38288D #8D3828 #288D38

tetradic

#38288D #8D284A #7D8D28 #288D6A

square

#38288D #8D284A #7D8D28 #288D6A

split-complementary

#38288D #8D6A28 #4A8D28

monochromatic

#120D2E #251A5D #38288D #4B36BD #705ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#38288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#38288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38288D

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38288D	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#014357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.158 282.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.505,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36564,
    "c": 0.15796,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38288D

secondary

#A8B75A

accent

#DF49C7

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38288D

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

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