#38397E#38397E

#38397E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.114 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38397E
RGB	rgb(56, 57, 126)
HSL	hsl(239, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(239, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 54.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 20.67, -39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 44.52, 297.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0177 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.114 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8587, 5.2729, 20.3910)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38397E #7E7D38

analogous

#385C7E #38397E #5A387E

triadic

#38397E #7E3839 #397E38

tetradic

#38397E #7E385C #7E7D38 #387E5A

square

#38397E #7E385C #7E7D38 #387E5A

split-complementary

#38397E #7E5A38 #5C7E38

monochromatic

#121329 #252654 #38397E #4B4CA8 #7172C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#38397E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#38397E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38397E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38397E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38397E	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#184955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38397e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 57, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.114 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756fa4',
    500: '#38397e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38397e;
$custom-light: #756fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38397e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.143,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38318,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38397E

secondary

#A9A869

accent

#CD59CE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDECF4

border

#C8C7CE

text

#09070F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38397E

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

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