#38427E#38427E

#38427E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.101 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38427E
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 126)
HSL	hsl(231, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(231, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 14.61, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 38.28, 292.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% 0.0068 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.101 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3438, 6.2430, 20.5527)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38427E #7E7438

analogous

#38657E #38427E #51387E

triadic

#38427E #7E3842 #427E38

tetradic

#38427E #7E3865 #7E7438 #387E51

square

#38427E #7E3865 #7E7438 #387E51

split-complementary

#38427E #7E5138 #657E38

monochromatic

#121629 #252C54 #38427E #4B58A8 #717CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#38427E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#38427E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38427E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38427E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38427E	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#274A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F447D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#164F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38427e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.101 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476a4',
    500: '#38427e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38427e;
$custom-light: #7476a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38427e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4022,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38427E

secondary

#A9A069

accent

#BE59CE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#09080F

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38427E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →