#38557E#38557E

#38557E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.076 H 257.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38557E
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 126)
HSL	hsl(215, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(215, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 32.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 2.09, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 26.51, 274.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% -0.017 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.076 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6440, 8.8434, 20.9861)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38557E #7E6138

analogous

#38787E #38557E #3E387E

triadic

#38557E #7E3855 #557E38

tetradic

#38557E #7E3878 #7E6138 #387E3E

square

#38557E #7E3878 #7E6138 #387E3E

split-complementary

#38557E #7E3E38 #787E38

monochromatic

#121C29 #253854 #38557E #4B72A8 #7191C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#38557E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#38557E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38557E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38557E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38557E	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C517D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#105E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38557e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.076 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7484a3',
    500: '#38557e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38557e;
$custom-light: #7484a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38557e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.143,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44591,
    "c": 0.07628,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38557E

secondary

#A98E69

accent

#9E59CE

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38557E

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

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