#38519E#38519E

#38519E is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.128 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38519E
RGB	rgb(56, 81, 158)
HSL	hsl(225, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 48.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 16.09, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 47.62, 289.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% -0.0054 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.128 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7428, 9.1933, 33.5495)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38519E #9E8538

analogous

#38849E #38519E #52389E

triadic

#38519E #9E3851 #519E38

tetradic

#38519E #9E3884 #9E8538 #389E52

square

#38519E #9E3884 #9E8538 #389E52

split-complementary

#38519E #9E5238 #849E38

monochromatic

#182344 #283A71 #38519E #526DC2 #7F93D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#38519E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#38519E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38519E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38519E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38519E	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15519C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38519e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 81, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.128 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7981bb',
    500: '#38519e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38519e;
$custom-light: #7981bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38519e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.294,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45711,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38519E

secondary

#BBAA77

accent

#B651D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38519E

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

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