#38399B#38399B

#38399B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.156 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38399B
RGB	rgb(56, 57, 155)
HSL	hsl(239, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(239, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, 30.79, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 61.90, 299.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0177 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.156 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0085, 6.1328, 31.7130)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38399B #9B9A38

analogous

#386B9B #38399B #69389B

triadic

#38399B #9B3839 #399B38

tetradic

#38399B #9B386B #9B9A38 #389B69

square

#38399B #9B386B #9B9A38 #389B69

split-complementary

#38399B #9B6938 #6B9B38

monochromatic

#181841 #28286E #38399B #5051C0 #7D7ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#38399B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#38399B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38399B

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38399B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38399B	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38399b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 57, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.156 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6fb9',
    500: '#38399b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38399b;
$custom-light: #7a6fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38399b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.394,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40691,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38399B

secondary

#B9B975

accent

#D551D7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEECF6

border

#C9C7D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38399B

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

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