#38359F#38359F

#38359F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.166 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38359F
RGB	rgb(56, 53, 159)
HSL	hsl(242, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(242, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 34.71, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 66.85, 301.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0208 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.166 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1600, 5.8894, 33.4482)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38359F #9C9F35

analogous

#35679F #38359F #6D359F

triadic

#38359F #9F3835 #359F38

tetradic

#38359F #9F3567 #9C9F35 #359F6D

square

#38359F #9F3567 #9C9F35 #359F6D

split-complementary

#38359F #9F6D35 #679F35

monochromatic

#181643 #282671 #38359F #514DC4 #7E7BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#38359F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#38359F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38359F

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38359F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38359F	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38359f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 53, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.166 277.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38359f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.698,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4035,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38359F

secondary

#BABC74

accent

#DA4ED6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38359F

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

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