#38559A#38559A

#38559A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.117 H 265.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38559A
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 154)
HSL	hsl(222, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(222, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 44.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 12.01, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 42.71, 286.32°)
OKLab	oklab(46.31% -0.0102 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(46.31% 0.117 265)
XYZ	xyz(10.7101, 9.6699, 31.8677)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38559A #9A7D38

analogous

#38869A #38559A #4C389A

triadic

#38559A #9A3855 #559A38

tetradic

#38559A #9A3886 #9A7D38 #389A4C

square

#38559A #9A3886 #9A7D38 #389A4C

split-complementary

#38559A #9A4C38 #869A38

monochromatic

#172340 #283C6D #38559A #5071BF #7D95D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#38559A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#38559A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38559A

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38559A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38559A	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#265399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38559a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.117 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7884b8',
    500: '#38559a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38559a;
$custom-light: #7884b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38559a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.245,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46311,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.09671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38559A

secondary

#B9A575

accent

#AF51D6

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EEEFF6

border

#C9CAD0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38559A

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

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