#38398D#38398D

#38398D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.136 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38398D
RGB	rgb(56, 57, 141)
HSL	hsl(239, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(239, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 25.90, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 53.63, 298.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.0181 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.136 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9002, 5.6895, 25.8760)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38398D #8D8C38

analogous

#38638D #38398D #61388D

triadic

#38398D #8D3839 #398D38

tetradic

#38398D #8D3863 #8D8C38 #388D61

square

#38398D #8D3863 #8D8C38 #388D61

split-complementary

#38398D #8D6138 #638D38

monochromatic

#151635 #272761 #38398D #4B4CB7 #7778C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#38398D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#38398D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38398D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38398D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38398D	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38398d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 57, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.136 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776faf',
    500: '#38398d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38398d;
$custom-light: #776faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38398d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.294,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39504,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38398D

secondary

#B2B16F

accent

#D155D3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEECF5

border

#C9C7CF

text

#090710

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38398D

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

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