#38469D#38469D

#38469D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38469D
RGB	rgb(56, 70, 157)
HSL	hsl(232, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(232, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 55.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 23.00, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 54.32, 295.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.0055 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.141 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9048, 7.6545, 32.8473)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38469D #9D8F38

analogous

#38799D #38469D #5D389D

triadic

#38469D #9D3846 #469D38

tetradic

#38469D #9D3879 #9D8F38 #389D5D

square

#38469D #9D3879 #9D8F38 #389D5D

split-complementary

#38469D #9D5D38 #799D38

monochromatic

#181E43 #283270 #38469D #5161C1 #7E8AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#38469D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#38469D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38469D

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38469D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38469D	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0553A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38469d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 70, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a79bb',
    500: '#38469d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38469d;
$custom-light: #7a79bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38469d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.683,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43344,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38469D

secondary

#BAB176

accent

#C451D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38469D

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

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