#38308B#38308B

#38308B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.145 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38308B
RGB	rgb(56, 48, 139)
HSL	hsl(245, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(245, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 65.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 31.05, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 58.54, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0272 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.145 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3466, 4.8182, 24.9640)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38308B #838B30

analogous

#30568B #38308B #66308B

triadic

#38308B #8B3830 #308B38

tetradic

#38308B #8B3056 #838B30 #308B66

square

#38308B #8B3056 #838B30 #308B66

split-complementary

#38308B #8B6630 #568B30

monochromatic

#131130 #26205E #38308B #4A40B8 #726ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#38308B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#38308B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38308B

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38308B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38308B	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#044759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38308b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 48, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.145 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7869ae',
    500: '#38308b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38308b;
$custom-light: #7869ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38308b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.275,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37686,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38308B

secondary

#ACB364

accent

#D850CC

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38308B

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

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