#38489E#38489E

#38489E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.140 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38489E
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 158)
HSL	hsl(231, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(231, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 54.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 22.03, -48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 53.57, 294.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0037 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.14 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1177, 7.9432, 33.3411)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38489E #9E8E38

analogous

#387B9E #38489E #5B389E

triadic

#38489E #9E3848 #489E38

tetradic

#38489E #9E387B #9E8E38 #389E5B

square

#38489E #9E387B #9E8E38 #389E5B

split-complementary

#38489E #9E5B38 #7B9E38

monochromatic

#181F44 #283371 #38489E #5263C2 #7F8CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#38489E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#38489E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38489E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38489E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38489E	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D54A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38489e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.140 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7abb',
    500: '#38489e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38489e;
$custom-light: #7a7abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38489e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.588,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43826,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38489E

secondary

#BBB077

accent

#C251D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38489E

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

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