#4838E1#4838E1

#4838E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.241 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4838E1
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(246, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(246, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 56.12, -82.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 99.91, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% 0.0279 -0.2389)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.241 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6728, 9.6407, 72.1491)
Luminance	0.0964 (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

#4838E1 #D1E138

analogous

#387DE1 #4838E1 #9C38E1

triadic

#4838E1 #E14838 #38E148

tetradic

#4838E1 #E1387D #D1E138 #38E19C

square

#4838E1 #E1387D #D1E138 #38E19C

split-complementary

#4838E1 #E19C38 #7DE138

monochromatic

#20158A #2C1DBF #4838E1 #796DE9 #AAA2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#4838E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4838E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4838E1

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4838E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4838E1	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4838e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.241 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9072ec',
    500: '#4838e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4838e1;
$custom-light: #9072ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4838e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.68,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.483,
    "c": 0.24051,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4838E1

secondary

#D7DE97

accent

#F037DF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4838E1

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

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