#38299B#38299B

#38299B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.175 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38299B
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(248, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 40.55, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 72.10, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0306 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.175 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3383, 4.7925, 31.4896)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38299B #8C9B29

analogous

#29539B #38299B #71299B

triadic

#38299B #9B3829 #299B38

tetradic

#38299B #9B2953 #8C9B29 #299B71

square

#38299B #9B2953 #8C9B29 #299B71

split-complementary

#38299B #9B7129 #539B29

monochromatic

#150F3A #271C6B #38299B #4A37CA #7667D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#38299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#38299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38299B

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38299B	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.175 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c65ba',
    500: '#38299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38299b;
$custom-light: #7c65ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.895,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38083,
    "c": 0.17469,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38299B

secondary

#B1BD63

accent

#E146CD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38299B

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

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