#38298D#38298D

#38298D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.157 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38298D
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 141)
HSL	hsl(249, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 36.02, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 64.24, 304.10°)
OKLab	oklab(36.72% 0.0333 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(36.72% 0.157 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2300, 4.3492, 25.6526)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38298D #7E8D29

analogous

#294C8D #38298D #6A298D

triadic

#38298D #8D3829 #298D38

tetradic

#38298D #8D294C #7E8D29 #298D6A

square

#38298D #8D294C #7E8D29 #298D6A

split-complementary

#38298D #8D6A29 #4C8D29

monochromatic

#120D2E #251B5E #38298D #4B37BC #7160D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#38298D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#38298D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38298D

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38298D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38298D	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#014358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38298d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.157 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7964af',
    500: '#38298d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38298d;
$custom-light: #7964af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38298d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36718,
    "c": 0.15677,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38298D

secondary

#A9B65B

accent

#DE4AC8

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38298D

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

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