#38469C#38469C

#38469C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.140 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38469C
RGB	rgb(56, 70, 156)
HSL	hsl(232, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(232, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 55.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 22.63, -48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 53.73, 294.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.0055 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.14 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8198, 7.6205, 32.3995)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38469C #9C8E38

analogous

#38789C #38469C #5C389C

triadic

#38469C #9C3846 #469C38

tetradic

#38469C #9C3878 #9C8E38 #389C5C

square

#38469C #9C3878 #9C8E38 #389C5C

split-complementary

#38469C #9C5C38 #789C38

monochromatic

#181E42 #28326F #38469C #5160C0 #7E89D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#38469C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#38469C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38469C

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38469C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38469C	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08539F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38469c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 70, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.140 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7979ba',
    500: '#38469c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38469c;
$custom-light: #7979ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38469c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43266,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38469C

secondary

#BAB076

accent

#C451D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38469C

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

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