#38438C#38438C

#38438C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.121 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38438C
RGB	rgb(56, 67, 140)
HSL	hsl(232, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(232, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 52.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 18.89, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 46.17, 294.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.0074 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.121 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3701, 6.7479, 25.6673)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38438C #8C8138

analogous

#386D8C #38438C #57388C

triadic

#38438C #8C3843 #438C38

tetradic

#38438C #8C386D #8C8138 #388C57

square

#38438C #8C386D #8C8138 #388C57

split-complementary

#38438C #8C5738 #6D8C38

monochromatic

#151935 #272E60 #38438C #4A59B7 #7681C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#38438C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#38438C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38438C

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38438C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38438C	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A468A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38438c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 67, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.121 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776ae',
    500: '#38438c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38438c;
$custom-light: #7776ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38438c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.143,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41434,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38438C

secondary

#B1A96F

accent

#C255D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF4

border

#C9C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38438C

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

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