#38388D#38388D

#38388D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.137 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38388D
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 141)
HSL	hsl(240, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(240, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 26.56, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 54.31, 299.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0192 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.137 278)
XYZ	xyz(7.8512, 5.5916, 25.8597)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38388D #8D8D38

analogous

#38628D #38388D #62388D

triadic

#38388D #8D3838 #388D38

tetradic

#38388D #8D3862 #8D8D38 #388D62

square

#38388D #8D3862 #8D8D38 #388D62

split-complementary

#38388D #8D6238 #628D38

monochromatic

#151535 #272761 #38388D #4B4BB7 #7777C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#38388D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#38388D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38388D

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38388D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38388D	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38388d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.137 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786eaf',
    500: '#38388d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38388d;
$custom-light: #786eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38388d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39314,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.05592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38388D

secondary

#B2B26F

accent

#D355D3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEECF5

border

#C9C7CF

text

#090710

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38388D

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

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