#38508E#38508E

#38508E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.106 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38508E
RGB	rgb(56, 80, 142)
HSL	hsl(223, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(223, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 43.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, 10.96, -37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 38.78, 286.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% -0.0069 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.106 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3804, 8.5303, 26.7381)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38508E #8E7638

analogous

#387B8E #38508E #4B388E

triadic

#38508E #8E3850 #508E38

tetradic

#38508E #8E387B #8E7638 #388E4B

square

#38508E #8E387B #8E7638 #388E4B

split-complementary

#38508E #8E4B38 #7B8E38

monochromatic

#151F36 #273762 #38508E #4B6AB8 #778EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#38508E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#38508E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38508E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38508E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38508E	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38508e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 80, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.106 266.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38508e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.256,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.444,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38508E

secondary

#B2A06F

accent

#B055D3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#090A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38508E

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

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