#38598D#38598D

#38598D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.094 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38598D
RGB	rgb(56, 89, 141)
HSL	hsl(217, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(217, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 36.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 4.75, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 32.80, 278.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.4% -0.0176 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(46.4% 0.094 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0093, 9.9077, 26.5791)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38598D #8D6C38

analogous

#38838D #38598D #41388D

triadic

#38598D #8D3859 #598D38

tetradic

#38598D #8D3883 #8D6C38 #388D41

square

#38598D #8D3883 #8D6C38 #388D41

split-complementary

#38598D #8D4138 #838D38

monochromatic

#152235 #273D61 #38598D #4B75B7 #7797C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#38598D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#38598D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38598D

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38598D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38598D	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38558C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38598d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 89, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.094 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7687ae',
    500: '#38598d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38598d;
$custom-light: #7687ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38598d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.706,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46403,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38598D

secondary

#B2986F

accent

#A255D3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#090B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38598D

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

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