#384A8B#384A8B

#384A8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.110 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#384A8B
RGB	rgb(56, 74, 139)
HSL	hsl(227, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(227, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 13.86, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 40.86, 289.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% -0.0006 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.11 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7383, 7.6017, 25.4279)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#384A8B #8B7938

analogous

#38738B #384A8B #4F388B

triadic

#384A8B #8B384A #4A8B38

tetradic

#384A8B #8B3873 #8B7938 #388B4F

square

#384A8B #8B3873 #8B7938 #388B4F

split-complementary

#384A8B #8B4F38 #738B38

monochromatic

#151C34 #26335F #384A8B #4A62B6 #7687C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#384A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#384A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #384A8B

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##384A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##384A8B	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C528D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #384a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 74, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.110 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767cad',
    500: '#384a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #384a8b;
$custom-light: #767cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#384a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.988,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42865,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#384A8B

secondary

#B1A26E

accent

#B755D2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#090910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #384A8B

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

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