#38378E#38378E

#38378E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.140 H 278.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38378E
RGB	rgb(56, 55, 142)
HSL	hsl(241, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(241, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 27.56, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 55.59, 299.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.0201 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.14 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8780, 5.5256, 26.2373)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38378E #8D8E37

analogous

#37618E #38378E #63378E

triadic

#38378E #8E3837 #378E38

tetradic

#38378E #8E3761 #8D8E37 #378E63

square

#38378E #8E3761 #8D8E37 #378E63

split-complementary

#38378E #8E6337 #618E37

monochromatic

#151536 #272662 #38378E #4B49B9 #7776CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#38378E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#38378E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38378E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38378E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38378E	1.00	9.98	2.11	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38378e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 55, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.140 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786eb0',
    500: '#38378e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38378e;
$custom-light: #786eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38378e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.69,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39209,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38378E

secondary

#B2B36E

accent

#D454D2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38378E

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

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