#38408E#38408E

#38408E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.128 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38408E
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 142)
HSL	hsl(234, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(234, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 54.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 21.61, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 49.43, 295.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0108 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.128 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3452, 6.4599, 26.3931)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38408E #8E8638

analogous

#386B8E #38408E #5B388E

triadic

#38408E #8E3840 #408E38

tetradic

#38408E #8E386B #8E8638 #388E5B

square

#38408E #8E386B #8E8638 #388E5B

split-complementary

#38408E #8E5B38 #6B8E38

monochromatic

#151836 #272C62 #38408E #4B55B8 #777FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#38408E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#38408E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38408E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38408E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38408E	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38408e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.128 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7774b0',
    500: '#38408e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38408e;
$custom-light: #7774b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38408e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.419,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40966,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38408E

secondary

#B2AC6F

accent

#C755D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF5

border

#C9C8CF

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38408E

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

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