#383B8A#383B8A

#383B8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.129 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383B8A
RGB	rgb(56, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(238, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 57.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.91, 23.52, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.91, 50.45, 297.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.016 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.129 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7808, 5.8031, 24.7499)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383B8A #8A8738

analogous

#38648A #383B8A #5E388A

triadic

#383B8A #8A383B #3B8A38

tetradic

#383B8A #8A3864 #8A8738 #388A5E

square

#383B8A #8A3864 #8A8738 #388A5E

split-complementary

#383B8A #8A5E38 #648A38

monochromatic

#151633 #26285E #383B8A #4A4EB5 #7578C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#383B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#383B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383B8A

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383B8A	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#034D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.129 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7771ad',
    500: '#383b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383b8a;
$custom-light: #7771ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.805,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39651,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383B8A

secondary

#B0AE6E

accent

#CE56D2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEECF4

border

#C9C7CE

text

#090710

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #383B8A

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

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