#38447e

Color #38447e

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.88 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#38447e

RGB

rgb(56, 68, 126)

HSL

hsl(229.7, 38.5%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.7, 55.6%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.6%, 46%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(30.59, 13.26, -34.47)

LCH

lch(30.59, 36.93, 291.04)

OKLCH

oklch(40.7%, 0.0981, 272.51)

HWB

hwb(229.7, 22%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7238

Analogous

#38677e

#38447e

#4f387e

Triadic

#38447e

#7e3844

#447e38

Split-complementary

#38447e

#7e4f38

#677e38

Tetradic

#38447e

#72387e

#7e7238

#447e38

Square

#38447e

#7e3867

#7e7238

#387e4f

Shades

Color #38447e mixed toward black.

#2f3969

#252d54

#1c223f

#13172a

#090b15

Tints

Color #38447e mixed toward white.

#4958a4

#6876bc

#8d98cd

#b3bbdd

#d9ddee

Tones

Color #38447e mixed toward gray.

#3e4878

#444c72

#4a506d

#4f5367

#555761

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.3:1

White text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3e73 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#3d3c70 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#396a67 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38447e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38447e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#38447e (#38447e) is rgb(56, 68, 126) in RGB.

No, #38447e 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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