#4838BA#4838BA

#4838BA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.194 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4838BA
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(247, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(247, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 69.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 44.09, -66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 79.50, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% 0.0357 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.194 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9468, 7.7503, 47.2586)
Luminance	0.0775 (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

#4838BA #AABA38

analogous

#3869BA #4838BA #8938BA

triadic

#4838BA #BA4838 #38BA48

tetradic

#4838BA #BA3869 #AABA38 #38BA89

square

#4838BA #BA3869 #AABA38 #38BA89

split-complementary

#4838BA #BA8938 #69BA38

monochromatic

#241C5C #362A8B #4838BA #6E60CF #998FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4838BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4838BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4838BA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4838BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4838BA	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4838ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.194 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870d0',
    500: '#4838ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4838ba;
$custom-light: #8870d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4838ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44528,
    "c": 0.19402,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4838BA

secondary

#C0C886

accent

#DD4BCB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4838BA

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

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