#38429F#38429F

#38429F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.150 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38429F
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 159)
HSL	hsl(234, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(234, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 58.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 26.35, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 58.20, 296.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.0094 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.15 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8350, 7.2395, 33.6732)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38429F #9F9538

analogous

#38759F #38429F #62389F

triadic

#38429F #9F3842 #429F38

tetradic

#38429F #9F3875 #9F9538 #389F62

square

#38429F #9F3875 #9F9538 #389F62

split-complementary

#38429F #9F6238 #759F38

monochromatic

#181C44 #282F72 #38429F #525DC2 #7F87D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#38429F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#38429F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38429F

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38429F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38429F	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38429f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.150 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76bc',
    500: '#38429f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38429f;
$custom-light: #7a76bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38429f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.175,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42714,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38429F

secondary

#BBB577

accent

#CA50D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38429F

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

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