#4838C6#4838C6

#4838C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.209 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4838C6
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(247, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, 47.84, -71.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 85.93, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.66% 0.0336 -0.206)
OKLCH	oklch(45.66% 0.209 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2764, 8.2822, 54.2614)
Luminance	0.0828 (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

#4838C6 #B6C638

analogous

#386FC6 #4838C6 #8F38C6

triadic

#4838C6 #C64838 #38C648

tetradic

#4838C6 #C6386F #B6C638 #38C68F

square

#4838C6 #C6386F #B6C638 #38C68F

split-complementary

#4838C6 #C68F38 #6FC638

monochromatic

#251D67 #372B96 #4838C6 #7367D4 #9F97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#4838C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4838C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4838C6

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4838C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4838C6	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4838c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.209 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71d9',
    500: '#4838c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4838c6;
$custom-light: #8a71d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4838c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.761,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45655,
    "c": 0.20871,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4838C6

secondary

#C6CD8D

accent

#DF49CE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4838C6

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

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