#38509D#38509D

#38509D is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.128 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38509D
RGB	rgb(56, 80, 157)
HSL	hsl(226, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(226, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 49%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.01, 16.38, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.01, 47.68, 290.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.43% -0.0045 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(45.43% 0.128 268)
XYZ	xyz(10.5833, 9.0115, 33.0734)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38509D #9D8538

analogous

#38839D #38509D #53389D

triadic

#38509D #9D3850 #509D38

tetradic

#38509D #9D3883 #9D8538 #389D53

square

#38509D #9D3883 #9D8538 #389D53

split-complementary

#38509D #9D5338 #839D38

monochromatic

#182243 #283970 #38509D #516CC1 #7E92D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#38509D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#38509D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38509D

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38509D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38509D	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2859A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13509B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38509d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 80, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.128 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7980ba',
    500: '#38509d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38509d;
$custom-light: #7980ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38509d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.743,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45426,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.09012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38509D

secondary

#BAAA76

accent

#B751D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38509D

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

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