#38478b

Color #38478b

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.54 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#38478b

RGB

rgb(56, 71, 139)

HSL

hsl(229.2, 42.6%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.2, 59.7%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.7%, 48.9%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(32.28, 15.86, -39.81)

LCH

lch(32.28, 42.85, 291.72)

OKLCH

oklch(42.2%, 0.1137, 271.41)

HWB

hwb(229.2, 22%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b7c38

Analogous

#38708b

#38478b

#52388b

Triadic

#38478b

#8b3847

#478b38

Split-complementary

#38478b

#8b5238

#708b38

Tetradic

#38478b

#7c388b

#8b7c38

#478b38

Square

#38478b

#8b3870

#8b7c38

#388b52

Shades

Color #38478b mixed toward black.

#2f3b74

#252f5d

#1c2345

#13182e

#090c17

Tints

Color #38478b mixed toward white.

#475ab0

#6979c3

#8f9bd2

#b4bce1

#dadef0

Tones

Color #38478b mixed toward gray.

#3f4b84

#46507d

#4d5476

#54596f

#5a5d68

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.44:1

White text reads better on this background (8.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f7f · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#3e3d7b · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#397471 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38478b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38478b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#38478b (#38478b) is rgb(56, 71, 139) in RGB.

No, #38478b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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