#38379B#38379B

#38379B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.158 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38379B
RGB	rgb(56, 55, 155)
HSL	hsl(241, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(241, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 64.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.26, 32.07, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.26, 63.23, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.0194 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.158 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9116, 5.9390, 31.6807)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38379B #9A9B37

analogous

#37689B #38379B #6A379B

triadic

#38379B #9B3837 #379B38

tetradic

#38379B #9B3768 #9A9B37 #379B6A

square

#38379B #9B3768 #9A9B37 #379B6A

split-complementary

#38379B #9B6A37 #689B37

monochromatic

#171741 #28276E #38379B #504FC0 #7D7CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#38379B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#38379B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38379B

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38379B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38379B	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38379b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 55, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.158 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6eb9',
    500: '#38379b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38379b;
$custom-light: #7a6eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38379b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.6,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40335,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38379B

secondary

#B9BA74

accent

#D751D6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEECF6

border

#C9C7D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38379B

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

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