#38489B#38489B

#38489B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.136 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38489B
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 155)
HSL	hsl(230, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 53.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 20.95, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 51.79, 293.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.0034 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.136 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8627, 7.8412, 31.9977)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38489B #9B8B38

analogous

#387A9B #38489B #5A389B

triadic

#38489B #9B3848 #489B38

tetradic

#38489B #9B387A #9B8B38 #389B5A

square

#38489B #9B387A #9B8B38 #389B5A

split-complementary

#38489B #9B5A38 #7A9B38

monochromatic

#181E41 #28336E #38489B #5062C0 #7D8BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#38489B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#38489B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38489B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38489B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38489B	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14549E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38489b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.136 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797ab9',
    500: '#38489b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38489b;
$custom-light: #797ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38489b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.303,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43597,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38489B

secondary

#B9AE75

accent

#C151D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38489B

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

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