#38509B#38509B

#38509B is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.125 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38509B
RGB	rgb(56, 80, 155)
HSL	hsl(225, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(225, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 48.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.88, 15.65, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.88, 46.50, 289.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% -0.0048 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.125 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4139, 8.9437, 32.1815)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38509B #9B8338

analogous

#38829B #38509B #52389B

triadic

#38509B #9B3850 #509B38

tetradic

#38509B #9B3882 #9B8338 #389B52

square

#38509B #9B3882 #9B8338 #389B52

split-complementary

#38509B #9B5238 #829B38

monochromatic

#182241 #28396E #38509B #506BC0 #7D91D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#38509B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#38509B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38509B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38509B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38509B	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A599E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#175099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38509b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 80, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.125 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7980b9',
    500: '#38509b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38509b;
$custom-light: #7980b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38509b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.455,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45284,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38509B

secondary

#B9A975

accent

#B651D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38509B

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

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