#38539C#38539C

#38539C is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.123 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38539C
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 156)
HSL	hsl(224, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 46.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 14.04, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 45.15, 288.12°)
OKLab	oklab(46.01% -0.0077 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(46.01% 0.123 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7228, 9.4266, 32.7005)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38539C #9C8138

analogous

#38859C #38539C #4F389C

triadic

#38539C #9C3853 #539C38

tetradic

#38539C #9C3885 #9C8138 #389C4F

square

#38539C #9C3885 #9C8138 #389C4F

split-complementary

#38539C #9C4F38 #859C38

monochromatic

#182342 #283B6F #38539C #516FC0 #7E94D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#38539C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#38539C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38539C

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38539C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38539C	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E529A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38539c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.123 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7982ba',
    500: '#38539c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38539c;
$custom-light: #7982ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38539c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46005,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38539C

secondary

#BAA876

accent

#B351D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38539C

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

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