#383E8A#383E8A

#383E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.125 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383E8A
RGB	rgb(56, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(236, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 21.52, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 48.38, 296.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0127 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.125 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9395, 6.1204, 24.8028)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383E8A #8A8438

analogous

#38678A #383E8A #5B388A

triadic

#383E8A #8A383E #3E8A38

tetradic

#383E8A #8A3867 #8A8438 #388A5B

square

#383E8A #8A3867 #8A8438 #388A5B

split-complementary

#383E8A #8A5B38 #678A38

monochromatic

#151733 #262A5E #383E8A #4A52B5 #757BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#383E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#383E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383E8A

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383E8A	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.125 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7773ad',
    500: '#383e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383e8a;
$custom-light: #7773ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40252,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383E8A

secondary

#B0AB6E

accent

#C956D2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEECF4

border

#C9C7CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #383E8A

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

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