#38449A#38449A

#38449A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.140 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38449A
RGB	rgb(56, 68, 154)
HSL	hsl(233, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(233, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 55.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 23.24, -48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 53.89, 295.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.0074 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.14 273)
XYZ	xyz(9.5288, 7.3073, 31.4739)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38449A #9A8E38

analogous

#38759A #38449A #5D389A

triadic

#38449A #9A3844 #449A38

tetradic

#38449A #9A3875 #9A8E38 #389A5D

square

#38449A #9A3875 #9A8E38 #389A5D

split-complementary

#38449A #9A5D38 #759A38

monochromatic

#171C40 #28306D #38449A #505EBF #7D87D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#38449A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#38449A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38449A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38449A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38449A	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02519D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38449a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 68, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.140 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7977b8',
    500: '#38449a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38449a;
$custom-light: #7977b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38449a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.653,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42707,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.07308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38449A

secondary

#B9B175

accent

#C651D6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38449A

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

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