#38539B#38539B

#38539B is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.121 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38539B
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 155)
HSL	hsl(224, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 46.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 13.68, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 44.56, 287.88°)
OKLab	oklab(45.94% -0.0079 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(45.94% 0.121 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6385, 9.3929, 32.2564)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38539B #9B8038

analogous

#38859B #38539B #4F389B

triadic

#38539B #9B3853 #539B38

tetradic

#38539B #9B3885 #9B8038 #389B4F

square

#38539B #9B3885 #9B8038 #389B4F

split-complementary

#38539B #9B4F38 #859B38

monochromatic

#182341 #283B6E #38539B #506FC0 #7D94D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#38539B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#38539B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38539B

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38539B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38539B	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38539b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.121 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7983b9',
    500: '#38539b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38539b;
$custom-light: #7983b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38539b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45937,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38539B

secondary

#B9A775

accent

#B251D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38539B

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

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