#38557F#38557F

#38557F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.078 H 257.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38557F
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 127)
HSL	hsl(215, 39%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(215, 56%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 33.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.73, 2.43, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.73, 27.07, 275.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% -0.0167 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.078 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7088, 8.8694, 21.3276)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38557F #7F6238

analogous

#38787F #38557F #3E387F

triadic

#38557F #7F3855 #557F38

tetradic

#38557F #7F3878 #7F6238 #387F3E

square

#38557F #7F3878 #7F6238 #387F3E

split-complementary

#38557F #7F3E38 #787F38

monochromatic

#131C2A #253955 #38557F #4B71A9 #7191C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#38557F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#38557F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38557F

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38557F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38557F	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B517E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F5E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38557f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.078 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7484a4',
    500: '#38557f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38557f;
$custom-light: #7484a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38557f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.493,
    "s": 38.798,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44647,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38557F

secondary

#A98F69

accent

#9F59CF

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38557F

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

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