#38519A#38519A

#38519A is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.123 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38519A
RGB	rgb(56, 81, 154)
HSL	hsl(225, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(225, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 47.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.10, 14.63, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.10, 45.26, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.43% -0.006 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(45.43% 0.123 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.4041, 9.0578, 31.7656)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38519A #9A8138

analogous

#38829A #38519A #50389A

triadic

#38519A #9A3851 #519A38

tetradic

#38519A #9A3882 #9A8138 #389A50

square

#38519A #9A3882 #9A8138 #389A50

split-complementary

#38519A #9A5038 #829A38

monochromatic

#172240 #28396D #38519A #506CBF #7D92D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#38519A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#38519A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38519A

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38519A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38519A	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38519a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 81, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.123 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7881b8',
    500: '#38519a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38519a;
$custom-light: #7881b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38519a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.694,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45431,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38519A

secondary

#B9A875

accent

#B451D6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38519A

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

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