#38598F#38598F

#38598F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.096 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38598F
RGB	rgb(56, 89, 143)
HSL	hsl(217, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(217, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 37.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 5.46, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 33.93, 279.26°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% -0.0171 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.096 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1595, 9.9678, 27.3699)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38598F #8F6E38

analogous

#38858F #38598F #42388F

triadic

#38598F #8F3859 #598F38

tetradic

#38598F #8F3885 #8F6E38 #388F42

square

#38598F #8F3885 #8F6E38 #388F42

split-complementary

#38598F #8F4238 #858F38

monochromatic

#162237 #273E63 #38598F #4B75B9 #7797CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#38598F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#38598F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38598F

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38598F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38598F	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37558E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38598f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 89, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.096 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7687b0',
    500: '#38598f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38598f;
$custom-light: #7687b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38598f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46522,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38598F

secondary

#B39970

accent

#A354D3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF5

border

#C8CACF

text

#090B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38598F

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

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