#38386f

Color #38386f

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.82 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#38386f

RGB

rgb(56, 56, 111)

HSL

hsl(240, 32.9%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 49.5%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.5%, 49.5%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(26.21, 16.2, -32.01)

LCH

lch(26.21, 35.88, 296.84)

OKLCH

oklch(37%, 0.0926, 280.9)

HWB

hwb(240, 22%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f6f38

Analogous

#38536f

#38386f

#53386f

Triadic

#38386f

#6f3838

#386f38

Split-complementary

#38386f

#6f5338

#536f38

Tetradic

#38386f

#6f386f

#6f6f38

#386f38

Square

#38386f

#6f3853

#6f6f38

#386f53

Shades

Color #38386f mixed toward black.

#2f2f5c

#25254a

#1c1c37

#131325

#090912

Tints

Color #38386f mixed toward white.

#4b4b95

#6767b2

#8d8dc5

#b3b3d9

#d9d9ec

Tones

Color #38386f mixed toward gray.

#3d3d6a

#414166

#464661

#4a4a5d

#4f4f58

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.96:1

White text reads better on this background (10.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383865 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#383862 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#385c5a · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38386f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38386f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#38386f (#38386f) is rgb(56, 56, 111) in RGB.

No, #38386f 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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