#38499A#38499A

#38499A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.133 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38499A
RGB	rgb(56, 73, 154)
HSL	hsl(230, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 52.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 19.92, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 50.53, 293.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.0023 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.133 271)
XYZ	xyz(9.8442, 7.9381, 31.5790)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38499A #9A8938

analogous

#387A9A #38499A #58389A

triadic

#38499A #9A3849 #499A38

tetradic

#38499A #9A387A #9A8938 #389A58

square

#38499A #9A387A #9A8938 #389A58

split-complementary

#38499A #9A5838 #7A9A38

monochromatic

#171E40 #28346D #38499A #5063BF #7D8BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#38499A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#38499A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38499A

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38499A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38499A	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19549D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38499a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 73, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.133 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797bb8',
    500: '#38499a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38499a;
$custom-light: #797bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38499a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.592,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43728,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.07939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38499A

secondary

#B9AD75

accent

#BF51D6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38499A

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

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