#38359E#38359E

#38359E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.165 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38359E
RGB	rgb(56, 53, 158)
HSL	hsl(242, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 34.36, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 66.28, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0209 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.165 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0735, 5.8548, 32.9931)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38359E #9B9E35

analogous

#35679E #38359E #6D359E

triadic

#38359E #9E3835 #359E38

tetradic

#38359E #9E3567 #9B9E35 #359E6D

square

#38359E #9E3567 #9B9E35 #359E6D

split-complementary

#38359E #9E6D35 #679E35

monochromatic

#181642 #282670 #38359E #504DC3 #7D7BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#38359E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#38359E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38359E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38359E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38359E	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38359e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 53, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.165 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6dbc',
    500: '#38359e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38359e;
$custom-light: #7b6dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38359e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40259,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38359E

secondary

#B9BB73

accent

#D94FD5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38359E

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

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