#38477E#38477E

#38477E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.094 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38477E
RGB	rgb(56, 71, 126)
HSL	hsl(227, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 43.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 11.26, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 34.93, 288.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.0006 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.094 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6488, 6.8531, 20.6543)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38477E #7E6F38

analogous

#386A7E #38477E #4C387E

triadic

#38477E #7E3847 #477E38

tetradic

#38477E #7E386A #7E6F38 #387E4C

square

#38477E #7E386A #7E6F38 #387E4C

split-complementary

#38477E #7E4C38 #6A7E38

monochromatic

#121729 #252F54 #38477E #4B5FA8 #7182C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#38477E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#38477E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38477E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38477E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38477E	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#304D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38477e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 71, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.094 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7479a4',
    500: '#38477e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38477e;
$custom-light: #7479a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38477e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41329,
    "c": 0.09387,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38477E

secondary

#A99B69

accent

#B559CE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#08090F

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38477E

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

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