#38299D#38299D

#38299D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.177 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38299D
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 41.19, -60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 73.20, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.0302 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.177 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5077, 4.8603, 32.3815)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38299D #8E9D29

analogous

#29549D #38299D #72299D

triadic

#38299D #9D3829 #299D38

tetradic

#38299D #9D2954 #8E9D29 #299D72

square

#38299D #9D2954 #8E9D29 #299D72

split-complementary

#38299D #9D7229 #549D29

monochromatic

#15103C #271C6C #38299D #4B38CB #7769D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#38299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#38299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38299D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38299D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38299D	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.177 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c65bb',
    500: '#38299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38299d;
$custom-light: #7c65bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.759,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38283,
    "c": 0.1772,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38299D

secondary

#B2BE64

accent

#E246CE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38299D

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

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