#38428E#38428E

#38428E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.125 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38428E
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 142)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(233, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 53.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 20.27, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 48.06, 294.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.0087 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.125 274)
XYZ	xyz(8.4600, 6.6895, 26.4313)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38428E #8E8438

analogous

#386D8E #38428E #59388E

triadic

#38428E #8E3842 #428E38

tetradic

#38428E #8E386D #8E8438 #388E59

square

#38428E #8E386D #8E8438 #388E59

split-complementary

#38428E #8E5938 #6D8E38

monochromatic

#151936 #272E62 #38428E #4B58B8 #7781C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#38428E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#38428E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38428E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38428E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38428E	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38428e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.125 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776b0',
    500: '#38428e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38428e;
$custom-light: #7776b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38428e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.023,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41375,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.0669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38428E

secondary

#B2AB6F

accent

#C455D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF5

border

#C9C8CF

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38428E

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

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