#38408B#38408B

#38408B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.123 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38408B
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 139)
HSL	hsl(234, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(234, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 54%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 20.54, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 47.61, 295.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0106 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.123 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1230, 6.3710, 25.2228)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38408B #8B8338

analogous

#38698B #38408B #59388B

triadic

#38408B #8B3840 #408B38

tetradic

#38408B #8B3869 #8B8338 #388B59

square

#38408B #8B3869 #8B8338 #388B59

split-complementary

#38408B #8B5938 #698B38

monochromatic

#151834 #262C5F #38408B #4A54B6 #767EC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#38408B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#38408B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38408B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38408B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38408B	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38408b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.123 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7774ad',
    500: '#38408b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38408b;
$custom-light: #7774ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38408b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.217,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40736,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38408B

secondary

#B1AA6E

accent

#C655D2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF4

border

#C9C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38408B

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

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