#38588B#38588B

#38588B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.092 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38588B
RGB	rgb(56, 88, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(217, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 4.69, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 32.22, 278.37°)
OKLab	oklab(46.05% -0.0169 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(46.05% 0.092 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7792, 9.6835, 25.7748)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38588B #8B6B38

analogous

#38818B #38588B #41388B

triadic

#38588B #8B3858 #588B38

tetradic

#38588B #8B3881 #8B6B38 #388B41

square

#38588B #8B3881 #8B6B38 #388B41

split-complementary

#38588B #8B4138 #818B38

monochromatic

#152134 #263C5F #38588B #4A74B6 #7695C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#38588B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#38588B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38588B

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38588B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38588B	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38548A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00636B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38588b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 88, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.092 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7686ad',
    500: '#38588b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38588b;
$custom-light: #7686ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38588b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.867,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4605,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38588B

secondary

#B1976E

accent

#A255D2

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#090B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38588B

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

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