#38539E#38539E

#38539E is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.126 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38539E
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 158)
HSL	hsl(224, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 47.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 14.77, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 46.33, 288.59°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% -0.0074 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.126 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8936, 9.4949, 33.5997)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38539E #9E8338

analogous

#38869E #38539E #50389E

triadic

#38539E #9E3853 #539E38

tetradic

#38539E #9E3886 #9E8338 #389E50

square

#38539E #9E3886 #9E8338 #389E50

split-complementary

#38539E #9E5038 #869E38

monochromatic

#182444 #283B71 #38539E #526FC2 #7F95D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#38539E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#38539E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38539E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38539E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38539E	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B539C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38539e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.126 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7982bb',
    500: '#38539e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38539e;
$custom-light: #7982bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38539e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.118,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46144,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38539E

secondary

#BBA977

accent

#B451D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38539E

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

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