#38519F#38519F

#38519F is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.130 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38519F
RGB	rgb(56, 81, 159)
HSL	hsl(225, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 49.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 16.45, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 48.21, 289.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.78% -0.0052 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(45.78% 0.13 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8292, 9.2278, 34.0046)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38519F #9F8638

analogous

#38859F #38519F #53389F

triadic

#38519F #9F3851 #519F38

tetradic

#38519F #9F3885 #9F8638 #389F53

square

#38519F #9F3885 #9F8638 #389F53

split-complementary

#38519F #9F5338 #859F38

monochromatic

#182344 #283A72 #38519F #526DC2 #7F93D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#38519F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#38519F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38519F

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38519F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38519F	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13519D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38519f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 81, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.130 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7981bc',
    500: '#38519f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38519f;
$custom-light: #7981bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38519f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.437,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45782,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38519F

secondary

#BBAB77

accent

#B750D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38519F

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

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