#38457C#38457C

#38457C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.094 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38457C
RGB	rgb(56, 69, 124)
HSL	hsl(229, 38%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(229, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 44.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 11.89, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 35.03, 289.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0027 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.094 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3959, 6.5517, 19.9398)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38457C #7C6F38

analogous

#38677C #38457C #4D387C

triadic

#38457C #7C3845 #457C38

tetradic

#38457C #7C3867 #7C6F38 #387C4D

square

#38457C #7C3867 #7C6F38 #387C4D

split-complementary

#38457C #7C4D38 #677C38

monochromatic

#121628 #252E52 #38457C #4B5CA6 #707FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#38457C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#38457C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38457C

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38457C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38457C	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E4C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38457c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 69, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.094 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7478a2',
    500: '#38457c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38457c;
$custom-light: #7478a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38457c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.529,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40749,
    "c": 0.09357,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38457C

secondary

#A79B68

accent

#B85ACE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF3

border

#C8C8CD

text

#08080F

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38457C

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

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