#384C8B#384C8B

#384C8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.107 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#384C8B
RGB	rgb(56, 76, 139)
HSL	hsl(226, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 45.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 12.53, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 39.55, 288.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% -0.0029 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.107 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8740, 7.8730, 25.4731)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#384C8B #8B7738

analogous

#38758B #384C8B #4D388B

triadic

#384C8B #8B384C #4C8B38

tetradic

#384C8B #8B3875 #8B7738 #388B4D

square

#384C8B #8B3875 #8B7738 #388B4D

split-complementary

#384C8B #8B4D38 #758B38

monochromatic

#151C34 #26345F #384C8B #4A64B6 #7689C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#384C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#384C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #384C8B

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##384C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##384C8B	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #384c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 76, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.107 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767dad',
    500: '#384c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #384c8b;
$custom-light: #767dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#384c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.542,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43307,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#384C8B

secondary

#B1A16E

accent

#B455D2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#090910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #384C8B

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

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