#38558B#38558B

#38558B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.095 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38558B
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 139)
HSL	hsl(219, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 38.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.37, 6.62, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.37, 33.95, 281.25°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% -0.0134 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.095 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5380, 9.2010, 25.6944)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38558B #8B6E38

analogous

#387E8B #38558B #44388B

triadic

#38558B #8B3855 #558B38

tetradic

#38558B #8B387E #8B6E38 #388B44

square

#38558B #8B387E #8B6E38 #388B44

split-complementary

#38558B #8B4438 #7E8B38

monochromatic

#152034 #263A5F #38558B #4A70B6 #7692C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#38558B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#38558B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38558B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38558B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38558B	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34528A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38558b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.095 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7684ad',
    500: '#38558b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38558b;
$custom-light: #7684ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38558b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.036,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45351,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38558B

secondary

#B1996E

accent

#A755D2

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#090A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38558B

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

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