#38548C#38548C

#38548C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.098 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38548C
RGB	rgb(56, 84, 140)
HSL	hsl(220, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 40%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.13, 7.63, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.13, 35.13, 282.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% -0.012 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.098 263)
XYZ	xyz(9.5332, 9.0741, 26.0549)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38548C #8C7038

analogous

#387E8C #38548C #46388C

triadic

#38548C #8C3854 #548C38

tetradic

#38548C #8C387E #8C7038 #388C46

square

#38548C #8C387E #8C7038 #388C46

split-complementary

#38548C #8C4638 #7E8C38

monochromatic

#152035 #273A60 #38548C #4A6FB7 #7692C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#38548C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#38548C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38548C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38548C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38548C	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C598E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31518B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38548c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 84, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.098 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7683ae',
    500: '#38548c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38548c;
$custom-light: #7683ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38548c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45182,
    "c": 0.09806,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.09075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38548C

secondary

#B19B6F

accent

#A955D3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#090A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38548C

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

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