#38428C#38428C

#38428C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.122 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38428C
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 140)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(233, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 52.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 19.56, -42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 46.85, 294.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% 0.0085 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.122 274)
XYZ	xyz(8.3112, 6.6300, 25.6476)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38428C #8C8238

analogous

#386C8C #38428C #58388C

triadic

#38428C #8C3842 #428C38

tetradic

#38428C #8C386C #8C8238 #388C58

square

#38428C #8C386C #8C8238 #388C58

split-complementary

#38428C #8C5838 #6C8C38

monochromatic

#151935 #272D60 #38428C #4A57B7 #7680C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#38428C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#38428C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38428C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38428C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38428C	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05458A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38428c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.122 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776ae',
    500: '#38428c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38428c;
$custom-light: #7776ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38428c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.857,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41225,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.06631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38428C

secondary

#B1A96F

accent

#C455D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF4

border

#C9C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38428C

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

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