#38517A#38517A

#38517A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.075 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38517A
RGB	rgb(56, 81, 122)
HSL	hsl(217, 37%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.25, 3.29, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.25, 26.40, 277.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% -0.0131 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.075 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0850, 8.1302, 19.5518)
Luminance	0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38517A #7A6138

analogous

#38727A #38517A #40387A

triadic

#38517A #7A3851 #517A38

tetradic

#38517A #7A3872 #7A6138 #387A40

square

#38517A #7A3872 #7A6138 #387A40

split-complementary

#38517A #7A4038 #727A38

monochromatic

#111926 #253550 #38517A #4B6DA4 #6F8DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#38517A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#38517A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38517A

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38517A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38517A	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41547C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#175A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38517a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 81, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.075 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7381a0',
    500: '#38517a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38517a;
$custom-light: #7381a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38517a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.273,
    "s": 37.079,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4341,
    "c": 0.07487,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38517A

secondary

#A68E68

accent

#A25BCD

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EDEEF2

border

#C8C9CC

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38517A

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

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