#38337E#38337E

#38337E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.123 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38337E
RGB	rgb(56, 51, 126)
HSL	hsl(244, 42%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(244, 60%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 59.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 24.67, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 48.71, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0247 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.123 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5794, 4.7144, 20.2979)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38337E #797E33

analogous

#33547E #38337E #5E337E

triadic

#38337E #7E3833 #337E38

tetradic

#38337E #7E3354 #797E33 #337E5E

square

#38337E #7E3354 #797E33 #337E5E

split-complementary

#38337E #7E5E33 #547E33

monochromatic

#111027 #252152 #38337E #4B45AA #6F69C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#38337E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#38337E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38337E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38337E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38337E	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38337e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 51, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.123 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756ba4',
    500: '#38337e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38337e;
$custom-light: #756ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38337e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37131,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38337E

secondary

#A5AA63

accent

#D256CA

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#09060F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38337E

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

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