#38417E#38417E

#38417E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.102 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38417E
RGB	rgb(56, 65, 126)
HSL	hsl(232, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(232, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 48.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 15.28, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 38.97, 293.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0081 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.102 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2859, 6.1272, 20.5334)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38417E #7E7538

analogous

#38647E #38417E #52387E

triadic

#38417E #7E3841 #417E38

tetradic

#38417E #7E3864 #7E7538 #387E52

square

#38417E #7E3864 #7E7538 #387E52

split-complementary

#38417E #7E5238 #647E38

monochromatic

#121529 #252B54 #38417E #4B57A8 #717BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#38417E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#38417E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38417E

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38417E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38417E	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D437D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38417e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 65, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.102 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7475a4',
    500: '#38417e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38417e;
$custom-light: #7475a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38417e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.286,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40002,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38417E

secondary

#A9A169

accent

#BF59CE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#09080F

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38417E

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

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