#38384A#38384A

#38384A is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.031 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38384A
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 74)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(240, 24%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 4.60, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 11.94, 292.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0079 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.031 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2808, 4.1634, 7.0553)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38384A #4A4A38

analogous

#38414A #38384A #41384A

triadic

#38384A #4A3838 #384A38

tetradic

#38384A #4A3841 #4A4A38 #384A41

square

#38384A #4A3841 #4A4A38 #384A41

split-complementary

#38384A #4A4138 #414A38

monochromatic

#0D0D11 #1E1E27 #38384A #52526D #6D6D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#38384A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#38384A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38384A

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38384A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38384A	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33394A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38384a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.031 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6e7c',
    500: '#38384a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38384a;
$custom-light: #6f6e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38384a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 13.846,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3483,
    "c": 0.03121,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38384A

secondary

#7A7A64

accent

#B771B7

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECEBEE

border

#C7C6C9

text

#070709

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38384A

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

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