#38529B#38529B

#38529B is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.123 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38529B
RGB	rgb(56, 82, 155)
HSL	hsl(224, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 47.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 14.34, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 45.20, 288.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.72% -0.0068 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(45.72% 0.123 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5625, 9.2410, 32.2310)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38529B #9B8138

analogous

#38849B #38529B #50389B

triadic

#38529B #9B3852 #529B38

tetradic

#38529B #9B3884 #9B8138 #389B50

square

#38529B #9B3884 #9B8138 #389B50

split-complementary

#38529B #9B5038 #849B38

monochromatic

#182241 #283A6E #38529B #506EC0 #7D93D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#38529B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#38529B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38529B

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38529B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38529B	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D5299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38529b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 82, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.123 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7982b9',
    500: '#38529b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38529b;
$custom-light: #7982b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38529b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.242,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45718,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38529B

secondary

#B9A875

accent

#B451D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38529B

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

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