#38449B#38449B

#38449B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.141 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38449B
RGB	rgb(56, 68, 155)
HSL	hsl(233, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(233, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 56.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 23.60, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 54.49, 295.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.0074 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.141 273)
XYZ	xyz(9.6124, 7.3407, 31.9143)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38449B #9B8F38

analogous

#38769B #38449B #5E389B

triadic

#38449B #9B3844 #449B38

tetradic

#38449B #9B3876 #9B8F38 #389B5E

square

#38449B #9B3876 #9B8F38 #389B5E

split-complementary

#38449B #9B5E38 #769B38

monochromatic

#181D41 #28306E #38449B #505EC0 #7D87D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#38449B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#38449B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38449B

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38449B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38449B	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38449b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 68, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.141 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7977b9',
    500: '#38449b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38449b;
$custom-light: #7977b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38449b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.727,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42786,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.07342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38449B

secondary

#B9B175

accent

#C651D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38449B

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

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