#38299C#38299C

#38299C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.176 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38299C
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(248, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 40.87, -60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 72.65, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.0304 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.176 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4227, 4.8263, 31.9338)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38299C #8D9C29

analogous

#29539C #38299C #71299C

triadic

#38299C #9C3829 #299C38

tetradic

#38299C #9C2953 #8D9C29 #299C71

square

#38299C #9C2953 #8D9C29 #299C71

split-complementary

#38299C #9C7129 #539C29

monochromatic

#15103B #271C6C #38299C #4B38CB #7768D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#38299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#38299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38299C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38299C	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)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.176 279.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.826,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38183,
    "c": 0.17594,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38299C

secondary

#B2BE63

accent

#E246CD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38299C

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

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