#38309D#38309D

#38309D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.169 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38309D
RGB	rgb(56, 48, 157)
HSL	hsl(244, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 37.10, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 68.92, 302.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.025 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.169 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7717, 5.3883, 32.4695)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38309D #959D30

analogous

#305E9D #38309D #6F309D

triadic

#38309D #9D3830 #309D38

tetradic

#38309D #9D305E #959D30 #309D6F

square

#38309D #9D305E #959D30 #309D6F

split-complementary

#38309D #9D6F30 #5E9D30

monochromatic

#17133F #27226E #38309D #4E44C6 #7A73D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#38309D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#38309D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38309D

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38309D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38309D	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38309d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 48, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.169 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b69bb',
    500: '#38309d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38309d;
$custom-light: #7b69bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38309d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.404,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39341,
    "c": 0.16936,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38309D

secondary

#B6BC6D

accent

#DD4BD2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38309D

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

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