#38289B#38289B

#38289B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.176 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38289B
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 155)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 41.11, -59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 72.69, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0313 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.176 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3042, 4.7243, 31.4783)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38289B #8B9B28

analogous

#28519B #38289B #71289B

triadic

#38289B #9B3828 #289B38

tetradic

#38289B #9B2851 #8B9B28 #289B71

square

#38289B #9B2851 #8B9B28 #289B71

split-complementary

#38289B #9B7128 #519B28

monochromatic

#150F3A #261B6A #38289B #4A35CB #7666D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#38289B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#38289B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38289B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38289B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38289B	1.00	10.80	1.95	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38289b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.176 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64ba',
    500: '#38289b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38289b;
$custom-light: #7c64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38289b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.348,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37941,
    "c": 0.17576,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38289B

secondary

#B1BD61

accent

#E246CC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38289B

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

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