#38486B#38486B

#38486B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.063 H 264.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38486B
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 107)
HSL	hsl(221, 31%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(221, 48%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 32.7%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.73, 4.11, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.73, 22.69, 280.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% -0.0055 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.063 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6012, 6.5366, 14.8209)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38486B #6B5B38

analogous

#38626B #38486B #42386B

triadic

#38486B #6B3848 #486B38

tetradic

#38486B #6B3862 #6B5B38 #386B42

square

#38486B #6B3862 #6B5B38 #386B42

split-complementary

#38486B #6B4238 #626B38

monochromatic

#0E121B #232D43 #38486B #4D6393 #6C82B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#38486B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#38486B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38486B

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38486B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38486B	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36466A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38486b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.063 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717a95',
    500: '#38486b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38486b;
$custom-light: #717a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38486b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.176,
    "s": 31.288,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40415,
    "c": 0.06277,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38486B

secondary

#9B8A63

accent

#A760C7

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EDEDF1

border

#C8C8CB

text

#08090D

muted

#7B7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38486B

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

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