#384A8A#384A8A

#384A8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.108 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#384A8A
RGB	rgb(56, 74, 138)
HSL	hsl(227, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(227, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 46.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 13.50, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 40.26, 289.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% -0.0008 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.108 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6656, 7.5726, 25.0448)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#384A8A #8A7838

analogous

#38738A #384A8A #4F388A

triadic

#384A8A #8A384A #4A8A38

tetradic

#384A8A #8A3873 #8A7838 #388A4F

square

#384A8A #8A3873 #8A7838 #388A4F

split-complementary

#384A8A #8A4F38 #738A38

monochromatic

#151B33 #26335E #384A8A #4A61B5 #7587C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#384A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#384A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #384A8A

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##384A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##384A8A	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D528C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #384a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 74, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.108 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767cac',
    500: '#384a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #384a8a;
$custom-light: #767cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#384a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.829,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42797,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#384A8A

secondary

#B0A26E

accent

#B756D2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#090910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #384A8A

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

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