#38489A#38489A

#38489A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.134 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38489A
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 154)
HSL	hsl(230, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 53.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 20.59, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 51.20, 293.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.0034 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.134 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7790, 7.8077, 31.5573)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38489A #9A8A38

analogous

#38799A #38489A #59389A

triadic

#38489A #9A3848 #489A38

tetradic

#38489A #9A3879 #9A8A38 #389A59

square

#38489A #9A3879 #9A8A38 #389A59

split-complementary

#38489A #9A5938 #799A38

monochromatic

#171E40 #28336D #38489A #5062BF #7D8AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#38489A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#38489A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38489A

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38489A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38489A	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16539D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38489a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.134 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797ab8',
    500: '#38489a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38489a;
$custom-light: #797ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38489a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.204,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43521,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38489A

secondary

#B9AE75

accent

#C151D6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38489A

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

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