#38409C#38409C

#38409C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.148 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38409C
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 156)
HSL	hsl(235, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 59%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 26.59, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 57.78, 297.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.0113 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.148 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4631, 6.9071, 32.2806)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38409C #9C9438

analogous

#38729C #38409C #62389C

triadic

#38409C #9C3840 #409C38

tetradic

#38409C #9C3872 #9C9438 #389C62

square

#38409C #9C3872 #9C9438 #389C62

split-complementary

#38409C #9C6238 #729C38

monochromatic

#181B42 #282E6F #38409C #515AC0 #7E84D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#38409C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#38409C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38409C

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38409C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38409C	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38409c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.148 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a74ba',
    500: '#38409c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38409c;
$custom-light: #7a74ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38409c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42082,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38409C

secondary

#BAB476

accent

#CC51D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38409C

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

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