#38539D#38539D

#38539D is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.124 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38539D
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 157)
HSL	hsl(224, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 47.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 14.41, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 45.74, 288.36°)
OKLab	oklab(46.07% -0.0076 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(46.07% 0.124 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8079, 9.4606, 33.1483)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38539D #9D8238

analogous

#38869D #38539D #4F389D

triadic

#38539D #9D3853 #539D38

tetradic

#38539D #9D3886 #9D8238 #389D4F

square

#38539D #9D3886 #9D8238 #389D4F

split-complementary

#38539D #9D4F38 #869D38

monochromatic

#182343 #283B70 #38539D #516FC1 #7E94D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#38539D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#38539D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38539D

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38539D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38539D	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D529B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38539d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.124 266.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38539d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.96,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46074,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38539D

secondary

#BAA876

accent

#B351D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38539D

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

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