#38289A#38289A

#38289A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.175 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38289A
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 154)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 74%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 40.80, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 72.14, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.0315 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.175 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2206, 4.6908, 31.0378)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38289A #8A9A28

analogous

#28519A #38289A #71289A

triadic

#38289A #9A3828 #289A38

tetradic

#38289A #9A2851 #8A9A28 #289A71

square

#38289A #9A2851 #8A9A28 #289A71

split-complementary

#38289A #9A7128 #519A28

monochromatic

#150F39 #261B69 #38289A #4A35CA #7565D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#38289A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#38289A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38289A

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38289A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38289A	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38289a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.175 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b64b9',
    500: '#38289a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38289a;
$custom-light: #7b64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38289a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.421,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3784,
    "c": 0.17451,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38289A

secondary

#B0BD61

accent

#E246CC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38289A

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

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