#38508D#38508D

#38508D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.105 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38508D
RGB	rgb(56, 80, 141)
HSL	hsl(223, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(223, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 43.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, 10.60, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 38.19, 286.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% -0.0071 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.105 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3056, 8.5004, 26.3445)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38508D #8D7538

analogous

#387A8D #38508D #4A388D

triadic

#38508D #8D3850 #508D38

tetradic

#38508D #8D387A #8D7538 #388D4A

square

#38508D #8D387A #8D7538 #388D4A

split-complementary

#38508D #8D4A38 #7A8D38

monochromatic

#151E35 #273761 #38508D #4B69B7 #778EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#38508D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#38508D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38508D

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38508D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38508D	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35568F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38508d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 80, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.105 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7680af',
    500: '#38508d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38508d;
$custom-light: #7680af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38508d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.059,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44335,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38508D

secondary

#B29F6F

accent

#AF55D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#090A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38508D

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

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