#38384C#38384C

#38384C is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.035 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38384C
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 76)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(240, 26%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 5.16, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 13.25, 292.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0087 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.035 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3492, 4.1908, 7.4158)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38384C #4C4C38

analogous

#38424C #38384C #42384C

triadic

#38384C #4C3838 #384C38

tetradic

#38384C #4C3842 #4C4C38 #384C42

square

#38384C #4C3842 #4C4C38 #384C42

split-complementary

#38384C #4C4238 #424C38

monochromatic

#0D0D12 #1E1E29 #38384C #52526F #6C6C92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#38384C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#38384C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38384C

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38384C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38384C	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32394B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38384c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.035 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6e7e',
    500: '#38384c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38384c;
$custom-light: #6f6e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38384c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34928,
    "c": 0.03466,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38384C

secondary

#7C7C64

accent

#B870B8

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECEBEE

border

#C7C6C9

text

#070709

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38384C

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

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