#38349E#38349E

#38349E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.166 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38349E
RGB	rgb(56, 52, 158)
HSL	hsl(242, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(242, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 67.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 34.99, -57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 66.93, 301.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0217 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.166 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0284, 5.7646, 32.9780)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38349E #9A9E34

analogous

#34659E #38349E #6D349E

triadic

#38349E #9E3834 #349E38

tetradic

#38349E #9E3465 #9A9E34 #349E6D

square

#38349E #9E3465 #9A9E34 #349E6D

split-complementary

#38349E #9E6D34 #659E34

monochromatic

#171642 #282570 #38349E #504BC4 #7D79D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#38349E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#38349E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38349E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38349E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38349E	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38349e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 52, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.166 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6cbc',
    500: '#38349e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38349e;
$custom-light: #7b6cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38349e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.264,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4009,
    "c": 0.16593,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38349E

secondary

#B9BC72

accent

#DA4ED5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38349E

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

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