#38588C#38588C

#38588C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.093 H 259.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38588C
RGB	rgb(56, 88, 140)
HSL	hsl(217, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(217, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 37.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 5.04, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 32.79, 278.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.11% -0.0167 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(46.11% 0.093 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8526, 9.7128, 26.1614)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38588C #8C6C38

analogous

#38828C #38588C #42388C

triadic

#38588C #8C3858 #588C38

tetradic

#38588C #8C3882 #8C6C38 #388C42

square

#38588C #8C3882 #8C6C38 #388C42

split-complementary

#38588C #8C4238 #828C38

monochromatic

#152135 #273D60 #38588C #4A74B7 #7695C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#38588C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#38588C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38588C

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38588C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38588C	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37548B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00646B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38588c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 88, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.093 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7686ae',
    500: '#38588c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38588c;
$custom-light: #7686ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38588c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46109,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38588C

secondary

#B1986F

accent

#A355D3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#090B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38588C

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

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