#38458F#38458F

#38458F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.122 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38458F
RGB	rgb(56, 69, 143)
HSL	hsl(231, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(231, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 51.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 18.63, -42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 46.62, 293.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.0055 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.122 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7153, 7.0795, 26.8885)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38458F #8F8238

analogous

#38718F #38458F #57388F

triadic

#38458F #8F3845 #458F38

tetradic

#38458F #8F3871 #8F8238 #388F57

square

#38458F #8F3871 #8F8238 #388F57

split-complementary

#38458F #8F5738 #718F38

monochromatic

#161B37 #273063 #38458F #4B5CB9 #7784CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#38458F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#38458F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38458F

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38458F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38458F	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38458f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 69, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.122 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7778b0',
    500: '#38458f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38458f;
$custom-light: #7778b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38458f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.034,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42075,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38458F

secondary

#B3A970

accent

#C054D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF5

border

#C9C8CF

text

#090910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38458F

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

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