#38437E#38437E

#38437E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.100 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38437E
RGB	rgb(56, 67, 126)
HSL	hsl(231, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(231, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 46.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 13.94, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 37.60, 291.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0056 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.1 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4027, 6.3609, 20.5723)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38437E #7E7338

analogous

#38667E #38437E #50387E

triadic

#38437E #7E3843 #437E38

tetradic

#38437E #7E3866 #7E7338 #387E50

square

#38437E #7E3866 #7E7338 #387E50

split-complementary

#38437E #7E5038 #667E38

monochromatic

#121629 #252C54 #38437E #4B5AA8 #717DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#38437E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#38437E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38437E

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38437E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38437E	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#294A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21457D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16505A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38437e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 67, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.100 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476a4',
    500: '#38437e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38437e;
$custom-light: #7476a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38437e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.571,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40439,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38437E

secondary

#A99F69

accent

#BC59CE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#09080F

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38437E

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

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