#38389F#38389F

#38389F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.162 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38389F
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 159)
HSL	hsl(240, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(240, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 32.82, -55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 64.89, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0183 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.162 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3010, 6.1715, 33.4952)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38389F #9F9F38

analogous

#386C9F #38389F #6C389F

triadic

#38389F #9F3838 #389F38

tetradic

#38389F #9F386C #9F9F38 #389F6C

square

#38389F #9F386C #9F9F38 #389F6C

split-complementary

#38389F #9F6C38 #6C9F38

monochromatic

#181844 #282872 #38389F #5252C2 #7F7FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#38389F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#38389F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38389F

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38389F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38389F	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38389f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.162 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6fbc',
    500: '#38389f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38389f;
$custom-light: #7b6fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38389f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40867,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38389F

secondary

#BBBB77

accent

#D750D7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFECF6

border

#CAC7D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38389F

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

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