#38385b

Color #38385b

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#38385b

RGB

rgb(56, 56, 91)

HSL

hsl(240, 23.8%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 38.5%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(25.03, 9.66, -20.95)

LCH

lch(25.03, 23.07, 294.75)

OKLCH

oklch(35.7%, 0.0601, 282.97)

HWB

hwb(240, 22%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b5b38

Analogous

#38495b

#38385b

#49385b

Triadic

#38385b

#5b3838

#385b38

Split-complementary

#38385b

#5b4938

#495b38

Tetradic

#38385b

#5b385b

#5b5b38

#385b38

Square

#38385b

#5b3849

#5b5b38

#385b49

Shades

Color #38385b mixed toward black.

#2f2f4c

#25253d

#1c1c2d

#13131e

#09090f

Tints

Color #38385b mixed toward white.

#4f4f80

#6969a3

#8f8fba

#b4b4d1

#dadae8

Tones

Color #38385b mixed toward gray.

#3b3b58

#3e3e55

#414152

#44444f

#47474c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.88:1

White text reads better on this background (11.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383854 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#383852 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#384e4d · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38385b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38385b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#38385b (#38385b) is rgb(56, 56, 91) in RGB.

No, #38385b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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