#38308E#38308E

#38308E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.149 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38308E
RGB	rgb(56, 48, 142)
HSL	hsl(245, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(245, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 32.06, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 60.30, 302.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0269 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.149 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5688, 4.9071, 26.1343)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38308E #868E30

analogous

#30578E #38308E #67308E

triadic

#38308E #8E3830 #308E38

tetradic

#38308E #8E3057 #868E30 #308E67

square

#38308E #8E3057 #868E30 #308E67

split-complementary

#38308E #8E6730 #578E30

monochromatic

#141133 #262160 #38308E #4A3FBC #746BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#38308E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#38308E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38308E

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38308E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38308E	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38308e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 48, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.149 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7869b0',
    500: '#38308e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38308e;
$custom-light: #7869b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38308e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.106,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37954,
    "c": 0.14941,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38308E

secondary

#AEB465

accent

#D94FCD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38308E

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

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