#38487E#38487E

#38487E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.092 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38487E
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 126)
HSL	hsl(226, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 42.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 10.59, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 34.28, 287.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% -0.0006 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.092 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7129, 6.9813, 20.6757)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38487E #7E6E38

analogous

#386B7E #38487E #4B387E

triadic

#38487E #7E3848 #487E38

tetradic

#38487E #7E386B #7E6E38 #387E4B

square

#38487E #7E386B #7E6E38 #387E4B

split-complementary

#38487E #7E4B38 #6B7E38

monochromatic

#121829 #253054 #38487E #4B60A8 #7183C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#38487E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#38487E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38487E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38487E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38487E	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#324E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A487D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38487e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.092 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747aa4',
    500: '#38487e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38487e;
$custom-light: #747aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38487e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.286,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41555,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38487E

secondary

#A99A69

accent

#B459CE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#08090F

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38487E

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

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