#38496B#38496B

#38496B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.062 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38496B
RGB	rgb(56, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(220, 31%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(220, 48%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 3.46, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 22.11, 278.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% -0.0069 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.062 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6664, 6.6670, 14.8426)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38496B #6B5A38

analogous

#38636B #38496B #41386B

triadic

#38496B #6B3849 #496B38

tetradic

#38496B #6B3863 #6B5A38 #386B41

square

#38496B #6B3863 #6B5A38 #386B41

split-complementary

#38496B #6B4138 #636B38

monochromatic

#0E121B #232E43 #38496B #4D6493 #6C83B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#38496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#38496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38496B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38496B	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37476A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#255055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.062 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717b95',
    500: '#38496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38496b;
$custom-light: #717b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 31.288,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40655,
    "c": 0.06153,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38496B

secondary

#9B8963

accent

#A560C7

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EDEDF1

border

#C8C8CB

text

#08090D

muted

#7B7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38496B

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

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