#38448E#38448E

#38448E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.122 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38448E
RGB	rgb(56, 68, 142)
HSL	hsl(232, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(232, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 52.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 18.94, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 46.70, 293.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.0065 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.122 273)
XYZ	xyz(8.5789, 6.9273, 26.4710)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38448E #8E8238

analogous

#386F8E #38448E #57388E

triadic

#38448E #8E3844 #448E38

tetradic

#38448E #8E386F #8E8238 #388E57

square

#38448E #8E386F #8E8238 #388E57

split-complementary

#38448E #8E5738 #6F8E38

monochromatic

#151A36 #272F62 #38448E #4B5AB8 #7783C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#38448E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#38448E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38448E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38448E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38448E	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38448e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 68, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.122 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7777b0',
    500: '#38448e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38448e;
$custom-light: #7777b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38448e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41791,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38448E

secondary

#B2A96F

accent

#C255D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF5

border

#C9C8CF

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38448E

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

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