#38409A#38409A

#38409A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38409A
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 154)
HSL	hsl(235, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(235, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 58.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 25.88, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 56.60, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.0112 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.145 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2951, 6.8399, 31.3960)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38409A #9A9238

analogous

#38719A #38409A #61389A

triadic

#38409A #9A3840 #409A38

tetradic

#38409A #9A3871 #9A9238 #389A61

square

#38409A #9A3871 #9A9238 #389A61

split-complementary

#38409A #9A6138 #719A38

monochromatic

#171B40 #282D6D #38409A #5059BF #7D84D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#38409A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#38409A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38409A

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38409A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38409A	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38409a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7974b8',
    500: '#38409a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38409a;
$custom-light: #7974b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38409a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.102,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41918,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38409A

secondary

#B9B375

accent

#CB51D6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38409A

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

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