#38289E#38289E

#38289E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.179 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38289E
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 158)
HSL	hsl(248, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(248, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 42.07, -61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 74.33, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0306 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.179 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5593, 4.8263, 32.8216)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38289E #8E9E28

analogous

#28539E #38289E #73289E

triadic

#38289E #9E3828 #289E38

tetradic

#38289E #9E2853 #8E9E28 #289E73

square

#38289E #9E2853 #8E9E28 #289E73

split-complementary

#38289E #9E7328 #539E28

monochromatic

#150F3C #271C6D #38289E #4B37CC #7768D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#38289E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#38289E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38289E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38289E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38289E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38289e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.179 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64bc',
    500: '#38289e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38289e;
$custom-light: #7c64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38289e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.136,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38243,
    "c": 0.17949,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38289E

secondary

#B2BF63

accent

#E345CD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38289E

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

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