#383C48#383C48

#383C48 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.021 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383C48
RGB	rgb(56, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(225, 13%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(225, 22%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, 1.38, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 8.02, 279.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0003 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.022 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.4162, 4.5403, 6.7733)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383C48 #484438

analogous

#384448 #383C48 #3C3848

triadic

#383C48 #48383C #3C4838

tetradic

#383C48 #483844 #484438 #38483C

square

#383C48 #483844 #484438 #38483C

split-complementary

#383C48 #483C38 #444838

monochromatic

#0D0E11 #1D1F26 #383C48 #53596A #6E758D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#383C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#383C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383C48

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383C48	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.021 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e717b',
    500: '#383c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383c48;
$custom-light: #6e717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35722,
    "c": 0.0215,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383C48

secondary

#787364

accent

#A572B5

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECECED

border

#C7C7C8

text

#070709

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #383C48

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

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