#38549B#38549B

#38549B is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.120 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38549B
RGB	rgb(56, 84, 155)
HSL	hsl(223, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 45.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 13.02, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 43.93, 287.25°)
OKLab	oklab(46.16% -0.009 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(46.16% 0.12 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7156, 9.5470, 32.2820)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38549B #9B7F38

analogous

#38869B #38549B #4E389B

triadic

#38549B #9B3854 #549B38

tetradic

#38549B #9B3886 #9B7F38 #389B4E

square

#38549B #9B3886 #9B7F38 #389B4E

split-complementary

#38549B #9B4E38 #869B38

monochromatic

#182341 #283C6E #38549B #5070C0 #7D95D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#38549B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#38549B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38549B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38549B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38549B	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22539A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38549b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 84, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.120 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7983b9',
    500: '#38549b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38549b;
$custom-light: #7983b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38549b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.03,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46157,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38549B

secondary

#B9A675

accent

#B151D7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EEEFF6

border

#C9CAD0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38549B

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

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