#38539F#38539F

#38539F is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.127 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38539F
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 159)
HSL	hsl(224, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 47.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 15.13, -44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 46.91, 288.82°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% -0.0073 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.127 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9800, 9.5295, 34.0549)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38539F #9F8438

analogous

#38879F #38539F #51389F

triadic

#38539F #9F3853 #539F38

tetradic

#38539F #9F3887 #9F8438 #389F51

square

#38539F #9F3887 #9F8438 #389F51

split-complementary

#38539F #9F5138 #879F38

monochromatic

#182444 #283B72 #38539F #526FC2 #7F95D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#38539F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#38539F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38539F

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38539F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38539F	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19539D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38539f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.127 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7982bc',
    500: '#38539f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38539f;
$custom-light: #7982bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38539f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.272,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46213,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38539F

secondary

#BBAA77

accent

#B450D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #38539F

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

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