#38489D#38489D

#38489D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.139 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38489D
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 157)
HSL	hsl(230, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 54.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 21.67, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 52.98, 294.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.0036 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.139 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0320, 7.9089, 32.8897)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38489D #9D8D38

analogous

#387B9D #38489D #5B389D

triadic

#38489D #9D3848 #489D38

tetradic

#38489D #9D387B #9D8D38 #389D5B

square

#38489D #9D387B #9D8D38 #389D5B

split-complementary

#38489D #9D5B38 #7B9D38

monochromatic

#181F43 #283370 #38489D #5163C1 #7E8BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#38489D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#38489D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38489D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38489D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38489D	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1054A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38489d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.139 271.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38489d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.495,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43749,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38489D

secondary

#BAB076

accent

#C251D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38489D

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

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