#48429E#48429E

#48429E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.145 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48429E
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 158)
HSL	hsl(244, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(244, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 58.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 29.00, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 57.34, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.029 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.145 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7904, 7.7421, 33.2669)
Luminance	0.0774 (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

#48429E #989E42

analogous

#426A9E #48429E #76429E

triadic

#48429E #9E4842 #429E48

tetradic

#48429E #9E426A #989E42 #429E76

square

#48429E #9E426A #989E42 #429E76

split-complementary

#48429E #9E7642 #6A9E42

monochromatic

#211E48 #343073 #48429E #6660BD #908CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#48429E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#48429E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48429E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48429E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48429E	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#225769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48429e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.145 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8276bb',
    500: '#48429e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48429e;
$custom-light: #8276bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48429e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.913,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43803,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48429E

secondary

#B6BA82

accent

#D157C9

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48429E

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

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