#38358B#38358B

#38358B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.139 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38358B
RGB	rgb(56, 53, 139)
HSL	hsl(242, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(242, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.44, 27.83, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.44, 55.17, 300.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.0223 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.139 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5627, 5.2505, 25.0360)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38358B #888B35

analogous

#355D8B #38358B #63358B

triadic

#38358B #8B3835 #358B38

tetradic

#38358B #8B355D #888B35 #358B63

square

#38358B #8B355D #888B35 #358B63

split-complementary

#38358B #8B6335 #5D8B35

monochromatic

#141332 #26245F #38358B #4A46B7 #7471C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#38358B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#38358B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38358B

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38358B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38358B	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#034A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38358b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 53, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.139 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776cae',
    500: '#38358b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38358b;
$custom-light: #776cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38358b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.093,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38584,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38358B

secondary

#AFB16A

accent

#D453D0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#090710

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38358B

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

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