#383E48#383E48

#383E48 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.019 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383E48
RGB	rgb(56, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(218, 13%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(218, 22%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 0.06, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 6.93, 270.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% -0.0031 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.019 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5229, 4.7538, 6.8089)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383E48 #484238

analogous

#384648 #383E48 #3A3848

triadic

#383E48 #48383E #3E4838

tetradic

#383E48 #483846 #484238 #38483A

square

#383E48 #483846 #484238 #38483A

split-complementary

#383E48 #483A38 #464838

monochromatic

#0D0F11 #1D2026 #383E48 #535C6A #6E798D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#383E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#383E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383E48

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383E48	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.019 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e737b',
    500: '#383e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383e48;
$custom-light: #6e737b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36222,
    "c": 0.0191,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383E48

secondary

#787064

accent

#9C72B5

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECECED

border

#C7C7C8

text

#070809

muted

#7A7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #383E48

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

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