#4838B8#4838B8

#4838B8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.192 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4838B8
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(248, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(248, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 43.46, -65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 78.41, 303.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% 0.0361 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.192 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7357, 7.6658, 46.1466)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4838B8 #A8B838

analogous

#3868B8 #4838B8 #8838B8

triadic

#4838B8 #B84838 #38B848

tetradic

#4838B8 #B83868 #A8B838 #38B888

square

#4838B8 #B83868 #A8B838 #38B888

split-complementary

#4838B8 #B88838 #68B838

monochromatic

#231B5A #362A89 #4838B8 #6D5FCE #988EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#4838B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4838B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4838B8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4838B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4838B8	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4838b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.192 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870ce',
    500: '#4838b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4838b8;
$custom-light: #8870ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4838b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44344,
    "c": 0.19153,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4838B8

secondary

#BFC785

accent

#DD4BCB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4838B8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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