#38298E#38298E

#38298E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.158 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38298E
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(249, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 36.34, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 64.81, 304.11°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.0331 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.158 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3048, 4.3791, 26.0463)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38298E #7F8E29

analogous

#294C8E #38298E #6A298E

triadic

#38298E #8E3829 #298E38

tetradic

#38298E #8E294C #7F8E29 #298E6A

square

#38298E #8E294C #7F8E29 #298E6A

split-complementary

#38298E #8E6A29 #4C8E29

monochromatic

#130E2F #251B5F #38298E #4B37BD #7160D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#38298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#38298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38298E

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38298E	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.158 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7964b0',
    500: '#38298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38298e;
$custom-light: #7964b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.911,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36813,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38298E

secondary

#A9B75C

accent

#DF49C8

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38298E

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

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