#4838C8#4838C8

#4838C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.211 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4838C8
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(247, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, 48.46, -72.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 86.99, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% 0.0332 -0.2085)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.211 279)
XYZ	xyz(14.5086, 8.3750, 55.4844)
Luminance	0.0838 (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

#4838C8 #B8C838

analogous

#3870C8 #4838C8 #9038C8

triadic

#4838C8 #C84838 #38C848

tetradic

#4838C8 #C83870 #B8C838 #38C890

square

#4838C8 #C83870 #B8C838 #38C890

split-complementary

#4838C8 #C89038 #70C838

monochromatic

#251D69 #362A99 #4838C8 #7468D5 #A098E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#4838C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4838C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4838C8

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4838C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4838C8	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4838c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.211 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71da',
    500: '#4838c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4838c8;
$custom-light: #8b71da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4838c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45846,
    "c": 0.21113,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.08376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4838C8

secondary

#C7CE8E

accent

#E048CF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4838C8

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

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