#38558E#38558E

#38558E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.100 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38558E
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 142)
HSL	hsl(220, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(220, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 40.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, 7.69, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 35.70, 282.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% -0.0127 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.1 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7602, 9.2899, 26.8647)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38558E #8E7138

analogous

#38808E #38558E #46388E

triadic

#38558E #8E3855 #558E38

tetradic

#38558E #8E3880 #8E7138 #388E46

square

#38558E #8E3880 #8E7138 #388E46

split-complementary

#38558E #8E4638 #808E38

monochromatic

#152036 #273B62 #38558E #4B70B8 #7793C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#38558E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#38558E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38558E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38558E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38558E	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31528D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38558e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.100 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7684af',
    500: '#38558e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38558e;
$custom-light: #7684af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38558e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.767,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45536,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38558E

secondary

#B29C6F

accent

#A955D3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#090A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38558E

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

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