#38469E#38469E

#38469E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.143 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38469E
RGB	rgb(56, 70, 158)
HSL	hsl(232, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(232, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 55.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 23.36, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 54.92, 295.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.0056 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.143 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9905, 7.6888, 33.2987)
Luminance	0.0769 (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

#38469E #9E9038

analogous

#38799E #38469E #5D389E

triadic

#38469E #9E3846 #469E38

tetradic

#38469E #9E3879 #9E9038 #389E5D

square

#38469E #9E3879 #9E9038 #389E5D

split-complementary

#38469E #9E5D38 #799E38

monochromatic

#181E44 #283271 #38469E #5261C2 #7F8AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#38469E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#38469E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38469E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38469E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38469E	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0153A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38469e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 70, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.143 272.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38469e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.765,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43422,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38469E

secondary

#BBB277

accent

#C551D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38469E

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

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