#38539A#38539A

#38539A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.120 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38539A
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 154)
HSL	hsl(223, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 46.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 13.32, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 43.98, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% -0.0081 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.12 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5549, 9.3594, 31.8159)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38539A #9A7F38

analogous

#38849A #38539A #4E389A

triadic

#38539A #9A3853 #539A38

tetradic

#38539A #9A3884 #9A7F38 #389A4E

square

#38539A #9A3884 #9A7F38 #389A4E

split-complementary

#38539A #9A4E38 #849A38

monochromatic

#172340 #283B6D #38539A #506FBF #7D94D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#38539A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#38539A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38539A

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38539A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38539A	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#215299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38539a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.120 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7883b8',
    500: '#38539a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38539a;
$custom-light: #7883b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38539a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.469,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45869,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38539A

secondary

#B9A675

accent

#B251D6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38539A

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

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