#38428B#38428B

#38428B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.121 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38428B
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 139)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(233, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 52.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 19.20, -42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 46.24, 294.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.0084 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.121 274)
XYZ	xyz(8.2378, 6.6006, 25.2610)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38428B #8B8138

analogous

#386B8B #38428B #57388B

triadic

#38428B #8B3842 #428B38

tetradic

#38428B #8B386B #8B8138 #388B57

square

#38428B #8B386B #8B8138 #388B57

split-complementary

#38428B #8B5738 #6B8B38

monochromatic

#151934 #262D5F #38428B #4A57B6 #7680C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#38428B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#38428B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38428B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38428B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38428B	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38428b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.121 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7676ad',
    500: '#38428b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38428b;
$custom-light: #7676ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38428b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.771,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4115,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38428B

secondary

#B1A96E

accent

#C355D2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF4

border

#C9C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38428B

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

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