#4838DD#4838DD

#4838DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.236 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4838DD
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 221)
HSL	hsl(246, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(246, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 74.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 54.91, -81.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 97.88, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.0288 -0.2341)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.236 277)
XYZ	xyz(17.1336, 9.4250, 69.3089)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.43

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4838DD #CDDD38

analogous

#387BDD #4838DD #9B38DD

triadic

#4838DD #DD4838 #38DD48

tetradic

#4838DD #DD387B #CDDD38 #38DD9B

square

#4838DD #DD387B #CDDD38 #38DD9B

split-complementary

#4838DD #DD9B38 #7BDD38

monochromatic

#211784 #2E1FB8 #4838DD #786CE6 #A8A1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#4838DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4838DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4838DD

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4838DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4838DD	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4838dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.236 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f72e9',
    500: '#4838dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4838dd;
$custom-light: #8f72e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4838dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.818,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.479,
    "c": 0.23591,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.09427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4838DD

secondary

#D5DB95

accent

#EE3ADC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4838DD

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

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