#38508A#38508A

#38508A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.100 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38508A
RGB	rgb(56, 80, 138)
HSL	hsl(222, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 42%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 9.53, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 36.41, 285.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% -0.0078 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.1 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0854, 8.4123, 25.1848)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38508A #8A7238

analogous

#38798A #38508A #49388A

triadic

#38508A #8A3850 #508A38

tetradic

#38508A #8A3879 #8A7238 #388A49

square

#38508A #8A3879 #8A7238 #388A49

split-complementary

#38508A #8A4938 #798A38

monochromatic

#151E33 #26375E #38508A #4A69B5 #758DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#38508A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#38508A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38508A

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38508A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38508A	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37568C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38508a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 80, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.100 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7680ac',
    500: '#38508a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38508a;
$custom-light: #7680ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38508a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.439,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44141,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38508A

secondary

#B09D6E

accent

#AE56D2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#090A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38508A

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

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