#38338E#38338E

#38338E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.146 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38338E
RGB	rgb(56, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(243, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(243, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 30.15, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 58.30, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0241 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.146 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6957, 5.1609, 26.1766)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38338E #898E33

analogous

#335B8E #38338E #66338E

triadic

#38338E #8E3833 #338E38

tetradic

#38338E #8E335B #898E33 #338E66

square

#38338E #8E335B #898E33 #338E66

split-complementary

#38338E #8E6633 #5B8E33

monochromatic

#141334 #262361 #38338E #4A43BB #7570CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#38338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#38338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38338E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38338E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.146 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786bb0',
    500: '#38338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38338e;
$custom-light: #786bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.297,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38479,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38338E

secondary

#AFB469

accent

#D751CF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38338E

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

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