#38499E#38499E

#38499E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.139 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38499E
RGB	rgb(56, 73, 158)
HSL	hsl(230, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 53.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 21.37, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 52.90, 293.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.0027 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.139 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1829, 8.0736, 33.3629)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38499E #9E8D38

analogous

#387C9E #38499E #5A389E

triadic

#38499E #9E3849 #499E38

tetradic

#38499E #9E387C #9E8D38 #389E5A

square

#38499E #9E387C #9E8D38 #389E5A

split-complementary

#38499E #9E5A38 #7C9E38

monochromatic

#181F44 #283471 #38499E #5264C2 #7F8DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#38499E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#38499E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38499E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38499E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38499E	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1255A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38499e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 73, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.139 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7bbb',
    500: '#38499e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38499e;
$custom-light: #7a7bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38499e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4403,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38499E

secondary

#BBB077

accent

#C151D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38499E

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

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