#38519B#38519B

#38519B is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.124 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38519B
RGB	rgb(56, 81, 155)
HSL	hsl(225, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(225, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 47.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, 14.99, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 45.85, 289.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.5% -0.0058 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(45.5% 0.124 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4877, 9.0912, 32.2061)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38519B #9B8238

analogous

#38839B #38519B #51389B

triadic

#38519B #9B3851 #519B38

tetradic

#38519B #9B3883 #9B8238 #389B51

square

#38519B #9B3883 #9B8238 #389B51

split-complementary

#38519B #9B5138 #839B38

monochromatic

#182241 #283A6E #38519B #506CC0 #7D92D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#38519B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#38519B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38519B

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38519B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38519B	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A5199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38519b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 81, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.124 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7981b9',
    500: '#38519b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38519b;
$custom-light: #7981b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38519b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.848,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45501,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38519B

secondary

#B9A875

accent

#B551D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38519B

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

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