#38458A#38458A

#38458A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.115 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38458A
RGB	rgb(56, 69, 138)
HSL	hsl(230, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(230, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 50%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 16.84, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 43.60, 292.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0049 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.115 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3449, 6.9313, 24.9380)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38458A #8A7D38

analogous

#386E8A #38458A #54388A

triadic

#38458A #8A3845 #458A38

tetradic

#38458A #8A386E #8A7D38 #388A54

square

#38458A #8A386E #8A7D38 #388A54

split-complementary

#38458A #8A5438 #6E8A38

monochromatic

#151933 #262F5E #38458A #4A5BB5 #7582C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#38458A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#38458A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38458A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38458A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38458A	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)

#234E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38458a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 69, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.115 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7678ad',
    500: '#38458a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38458a;
$custom-light: #7678ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38458a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.488,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41711,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38458A

secondary

#B0A66E

accent

#BE56D2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38458A

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

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