#38418B#38418B

#38418B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.122 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38418B
RGB	rgb(56, 65, 139)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(233, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 53.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 19.87, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 46.93, 295.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0095 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.122 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1799, 6.4848, 25.2417)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38418B #8B8238

analogous

#386A8B #38418B #58388B

triadic

#38418B #8B3841 #418B38

tetradic

#38418B #8B386A #8B8238 #388B58

square

#38418B #8B386A #8B8238 #388B58

split-complementary

#38418B #8B5838 #6A8B38

monochromatic

#151834 #262D5F #38418B #4A56B6 #767FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#38418B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#38418B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38418B

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38418B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38418B	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38418b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 65, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.122 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7775ad',
    500: '#38418b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38418b;
$custom-light: #7775ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38418b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.494,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40943,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38418B

secondary

#B1A96E

accent

#C555D2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF4

border

#C9C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38418B

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

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