#38489C#38489C

#38489C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.137 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38489C
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 156)
HSL	hsl(230, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 53.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 21.31, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 52.39, 294.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% 0.0035 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.137 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9470, 7.8749, 32.4419)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38489C #9C8C38

analogous

#387A9C #38489C #5A389C

triadic

#38489C #9C3848 #489C38

tetradic

#38489C #9C387A #9C8C38 #389C5A

square

#38489C #9C387A #9C8C38 #389C5A

split-complementary

#38489C #9C5A38 #7A9C38

monochromatic

#181E42 #28336F #38489C #5163C0 #7E8BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#38489C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#38489C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38489C

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38489C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38489C	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12549F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38489c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.137 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797aba',
    500: '#38489c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38489c;
$custom-light: #797aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38489c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43673,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38489C

secondary

#BAAF76

accent

#C151D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38489C

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

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