#38467e

Color #38467e

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#38467e

RGB

rgb(56, 70, 126)

HSL

hsl(228, 38.5%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 55.6%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.6%, 44.4%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(31.18, 11.92, -33.54)

LCH

lch(31.18, 35.6, 289.57)

OKLCH

oklch(41.1%, 0.0952, 271.14)

HWB

hwb(228, 22%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7038

Analogous

#38697e

#38467e

#4d387e

Triadic

#38467e

#7e3846

#467e38

Split-complementary

#38467e

#7e4d38

#697e38

Tetradic

#38467e

#70387e

#7e7038

#467e38

Square

#38467e

#7e3869

#7e7038

#387e4d

Shades

Color #38467e mixed toward black.

#2f3a69

#252f54

#1c233f

#13172a

#090c15

Tints

Color #38467e mixed toward white.

#495ba4

#6878bc

#8d9acd

#b3bcdd

#d9ddee

Tones

Color #38467e mixed toward gray.

#3e4a78

#444d72

#4a516d

#4f5467

#555861

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.35:1

White text reads better on this background (8.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f73 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#3e3d71 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#396a68 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 20.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #38467e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38467e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#38467e (#38467e) is rgb(56, 70, 126) in RGB.

No, #38467e 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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