#38419F#38419F

#38419F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.151 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38419F
RGB	rgb(56, 65, 159)
HSL	hsl(235, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 59.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 27.00, -52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 58.87, 297.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0103 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.151 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7771, 7.1237, 33.6539)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38419F #9F9638

analogous

#38759F #38419F #62389F

triadic

#38419F #9F3841 #419F38

tetradic

#38419F #9F3875 #9F9638 #389F62

square

#38419F #9F3875 #9F9638 #389F62

split-complementary

#38419F #9F6238 #759F38

monochromatic

#181C44 #282E72 #38419F #525CC2 #7F87D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#38419F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#38419F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38419F

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38419F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38419F	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38419f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 65, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.151 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a75bc',
    500: '#38419f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38419f;
$custom-light: #7a75bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38419f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.757,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42522,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38419F

secondary

#BBB677

accent

#CC50D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38419F

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

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