#38459A#38459A

#38459A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.138 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38459A
RGB	rgb(56, 69, 154)
HSL	hsl(232, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(232, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 55.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 22.58, -48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 53.22, 295.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.0064 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.138 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5898, 7.4293, 31.4942)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38459A #9A8D38

analogous

#38769A #38459A #5C389A

triadic

#38459A #9A3845 #459A38

tetradic

#38459A #9A3876 #9A8D38 #389A5C

square

#38459A #9A3876 #9A8D38 #389A5C

split-complementary

#38459A #9A5C38 #769A38

monochromatic

#171D40 #28316D #38459A #505FBF #7D88D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#38459A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#38459A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38459A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38459A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38459A	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08529D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38459a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 69, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.138 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7978b8',
    500: '#38459a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38459a;
$custom-light: #7978b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38459a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.041,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42908,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38459A

secondary

#B9B075

accent

#C551D6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38459A

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

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