#38429B#38429B

#38429B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38429B
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 155)
HSL	hsl(234, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(234, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 24.92, -49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 55.84, 296.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.0093 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.144 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4935, 7.1029, 31.8747)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38429B #9B9138

analogous

#38749B #38429B #60389B

triadic

#38429B #9B3842 #429B38

tetradic

#38429B #9B3874 #9B9138 #389B60

square

#38429B #9B3874 #9B9138 #389B60

split-complementary

#38429B #9B6038 #749B38

monochromatic

#181C41 #282F6E #38429B #505CC0 #7D86D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#38429B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#38429B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38429B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38429B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38429B	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38429b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7976b9',
    500: '#38429b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38429b;
$custom-light: #7976b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38429b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.939,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4239,
    "c": 0.1439,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38429B

secondary

#B9B375

accent

#C951D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38429B

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

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