#38299E#38299E

#38299E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.178 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38299E
RGB	rgb(56, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 41.51, -60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 73.75, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.03 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.178 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5934, 4.8946, 32.8330)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38299E #8F9E29

analogous

#29559E #38299E #73299E

triadic

#38299E #9E3829 #299E38

tetradic

#38299E #9E2955 #8F9E29 #299E73

square

#38299E #9E2955 #8F9E29 #299E73

split-complementary

#38299E #9E7329 #559E29

monochromatic

#16103D #271C6D #38299E #4B39CC #7769D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#38299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#38299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38299E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38299E	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.178 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c65bc',
    500: '#38299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38299e;
$custom-light: #7c65bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.692,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38384,
    "c": 0.17844,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38299E

secondary

#B3BF64

accent

#E246CE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38299E

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

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