#4838DF#4838DF

#4838DF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.238 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4838DF
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 223)
HSL	hsl(246, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(246, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, 55.51, -81.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 98.89, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.0284 -0.2365)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.238 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4016, 9.5322, 70.7206)
Luminance	0.0953 (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

#4838DF #CFDF38

analogous

#387BDF #4838DF #9C38DF

triadic

#4838DF #DF4838 #38DF48

tetradic

#4838DF #DF387B #CFDF38 #38DF9C

square

#4838DF #DF387B #CFDF38 #38DF9C

split-complementary

#4838DF #DF9C38 #7BDF38

monochromatic

#211687 #2D1EBC #4838DF #786DE7 #A9A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#4838DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4838DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4838DF

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4838DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4838DF	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4838df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.238 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f72ea',
    500: '#4838df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4838df;
$custom-light: #8f72ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4838df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.749,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.481,
    "c": 0.23821,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4838DF

secondary

#D6DD96

accent

#EF39DE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4838DF

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

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