#38359C#38359C

#38359C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.162 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38359C
RGB	rgb(56, 53, 156)
HSL	hsl(242, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 66%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 33.68, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 65.13, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.0211 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.162 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9028, 5.7865, 32.0938)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38359C #999C35

analogous

#35659C #38359C #6B359C

triadic

#38359C #9C3835 #359C38

tetradic

#38359C #9C3565 #999C35 #359C6B

square

#38359C #9C3565 #999C35 #359C6B

split-complementary

#38359C #9C6B35 #659C35

monochromatic

#171641 #28256E #38359C #4F4CC2 #7C7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#38359C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#38359C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38359C

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38359C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38359C	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38359c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 53, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.162 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6dba',
    500: '#38359c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38359c;
$custom-light: #7b6dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38359c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.748,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40077,
    "c": 0.16203,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38359C

secondary

#B8BA72

accent

#D94FD5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38359C

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

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