#38288E#38288E

#38288E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.159 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38288E
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.67, 36.93, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.67, 65.43, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.034 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.159 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2706, 4.3108, 26.0349)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38288E #7E8E28

analogous

#284B8E #38288E #6B288E

triadic

#38288E #8E3828 #288E38

tetradic

#38288E #8E284B #7E8E28 #288E6B

square

#38288E #8E284B #7E8E28 #288E6B

split-complementary

#38288E #8E6B28 #4B8E28

monochromatic

#120D2F #251B5E #38288E #4B35BE #715FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#38288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#38288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38288E

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38288E	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.159 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7964b0',
    500: '#38288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38288e;
$custom-light: #7964b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.412,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3666,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38288E

secondary

#A9B75B

accent

#DF48C8

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38288E

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

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