#38469A#38469A

#38469A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.137 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38469A
RGB	rgb(56, 70, 154)
HSL	hsl(231, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(231, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 21.91, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 52.54, 294.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.0054 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.137 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6518, 7.5534, 31.5149)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38469A #9A8C38

analogous

#38779A #38469A #5B389A

triadic

#38469A #9A3846 #469A38

tetradic

#38469A #9A3877 #9A8C38 #389A5B

square

#38469A #9A3877 #9A8C38 #389A5B

split-complementary

#38469A #9A5B38 #779A38

monochromatic

#171D40 #28326D #38469A #5060BF #7D89D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#38469A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#38469A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38469A

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38469A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38469A	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E529D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38469a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 70, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.137 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7979b8',
    500: '#38469a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38469a;
$custom-light: #7979b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38469a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43111,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38469A

secondary

#B9AF75

accent

#C351D6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38469A

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

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