#38438E#38438E

#38438E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.124 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38438E
RGB	rgb(56, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(232, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(232, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 19.60, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 47.38, 294.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0076 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.124 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5189, 6.8074, 26.4510)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38438E #8E8338

analogous

#386E8E #38438E #58388E

triadic

#38438E #8E3843 #438E38

tetradic

#38438E #8E386E #8E8338 #388E58

square

#38438E #8E386E #8E8338 #388E58

split-complementary

#38438E #8E5838 #6E8E38

monochromatic

#151A36 #272E62 #38438E #4B59B8 #7782C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#38438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#38438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38438E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38438E	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.124 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776b0',
    500: '#38438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38438e;
$custom-light: #7776b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.326,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41582,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38438E

secondary

#B2AA6F

accent

#C355D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF5

border

#C9C8CF

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38438E

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

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