#38537E#38537E

#38537E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.079 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38537E
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 126)
HSL	hsl(217, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 34.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.07, 3.37, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.07, 27.59, 277.02°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% -0.0145 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.079 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4888, 8.5330, 20.9343)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38537E #7E6338

analogous

#38767E #38537E #40387E

triadic

#38537E #7E3853 #537E38

tetradic

#38537E #7E3876 #7E6338 #387E40

square

#38537E #7E3876 #7E6338 #387E40

split-complementary

#38537E #7E4038 #767E38

monochromatic

#121B29 #253754 #38537E #4B6FA8 #718FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#38537E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#38537E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38537E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38537E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38537E	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#115C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38537e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.079 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7483a3',
    500: '#38537e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38537e;
$custom-light: #7483a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38537e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.857,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44113,
    "c": 0.07851,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38537E

secondary

#A99069

accent

#A159CE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38537E

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

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