#38405B#38405B

#38405B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.048 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38405B
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 91)
HSL	hsl(226, 24%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 29.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 4.27, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 17.67, 284.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0011 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.048 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3521, 5.2627, 10.6293)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38405B #5B5338

analogous

#38525B #38405B #42385B

triadic

#38405B #5B3840 #405B38

tetradic

#38405B #5B3852 #5B5338 #385B42

square

#38405B #5B3852 #5B5338 #385B42

split-complementary

#38405B #5B4238 #525B38

monochromatic

#0C0D13 #212535 #38405B #4F5B81 #6A77A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#38405B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#38405B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38405B

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38405B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38405B	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37425C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34405A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38405b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.048 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707489',
    500: '#38405b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38405b;
$custom-light: #707489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38405b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.286,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37624,
    "c": 0.04765,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38405B

secondary

#8B8264

accent

#AC68C0

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#ECEDF0

border

#C7C8CB

text

#07080B

muted

#7A7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38405B

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

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