#38588A#38588A

#38588A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.090 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38588A
RGB	rgb(56, 88, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(217, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 4.34, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 31.65, 277.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.99% -0.0172 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(45.99% 0.09 259)
XYZ	xyz(9.7065, 9.6544, 25.3918)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38588A #8A6A38

analogous

#38818A #38588A #41388A

triadic

#38588A #8A3858 #588A38

tetradic

#38588A #8A3881 #8A6A38 #388A41

square

#38588A #8A3881 #8A6A38 #388A41

split-complementary

#38588A #8A4138 #818A38

monochromatic

#152033 #263C5E #38588A #4A74B5 #7595C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#38588A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#38588A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38588A

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38588A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38588A	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)

#435C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00636A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38588a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 88, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.090 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7686ac',
    500: '#38588a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38588a;
$custom-light: #7686ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38588a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.585,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45991,
    "c": 0.09035,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.09655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38588A

secondary

#B0966E

accent

#A256D2

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#090B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38588A

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

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