#38398F#38398F

#38398F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.139 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38398F
RGB	rgb(56, 57, 143)
HSL	hsl(239, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(239, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 60.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 26.60, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 54.82, 299.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0181 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.139 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0503, 5.7496, 26.6668)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38398F #8F8E38

analogous

#38658F #38398F #63388F

triadic

#38398F #8F3839 #398F38

tetradic

#38398F #8F3865 #8F8E38 #388F63

square

#38398F #8F3865 #8F8E38 #388F63

split-complementary

#38398F #8F6338 #658F38

monochromatic

#161637 #272763 #38398F #4B4DB9 #7778CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#38398F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#38398F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38398F

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38398F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38398F	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38398f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 57, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.139 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786fb0',
    500: '#38398f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38398f;
$custom-light: #786fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38398f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.31,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39669,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38398F

secondary

#B3B270

accent

#D254D3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEECF5

border

#C9C7CF

text

#0A0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38398F

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

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