#38388E#38388E

#38388E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.139 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38388E
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 142)
HSL	hsl(240, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(240, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 60.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 26.91, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 54.91, 299.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0191 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.139 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9260, 5.6215, 26.2533)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38388E #8E8E38

analogous

#38638E #38388E #63388E

triadic

#38388E #8E3838 #388E38

tetradic

#38388E #8E3863 #8E8E38 #388E63

square

#38388E #8E3863 #8E8E38 #388E63

split-complementary

#38388E #8E6338 #638E38

monochromatic

#151536 #272762 #38388E #4B4BB8 #7777C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#38388E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#38388E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38388E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38388E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38388E	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38388e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.139 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786eb0',
    500: '#38388e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38388e;
$custom-light: #786eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38388e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39397,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38388E

secondary

#B2B26F

accent

#D355D3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEECF5

border

#C9C7CF

text

#0A0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38388E

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

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