#4838C5#4838C5

#4838C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.208 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4838C5
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(247, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.47, 47.53, -70.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.47, 85.40, 303.81°)
OKLab	oklab(45.56% 0.0337 -0.2047)
OKLCH	oklch(45.56% 0.208 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1615, 8.2362, 53.6560)
Luminance	0.0824 (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

#4838C5 #B5C538

analogous

#386EC5 #4838C5 #8F38C5

triadic

#4838C5 #C54838 #38C548

tetradic

#4838C5 #C5386E #B5C538 #38C58F

square

#4838C5 #C5386E #B5C538 #38C58F

split-complementary

#4838C5 #C58F38 #6EC538

monochromatic

#251D66 #372A95 #4838C5 #7367D4 #9F96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#4838C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4838C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4838C5

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4838C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4838C5	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4838c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.208 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71d8',
    500: '#4838c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4838c5;
$custom-light: #8a71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4838c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.809,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4556,
    "c": 0.20751,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4838C5

secondary

#C5CD8C

accent

#DF49CE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4838C5

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

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