#48438E#48438E

#48438E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.120 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48438E
RGB	rgb(72, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(244, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(244, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 23.14, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 47.18, 299.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.0272 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.12 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5607, 7.3445, 26.4998)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48438E #898E43

analogous

#43638E #48438E #6D438E

triadic

#48438E #8E4843 #438E48

tetradic

#48438E #8E4363 #898E43 #438E6D

square

#48438E #8E4363 #898E43 #438E6D

split-complementary

#48438E #8E6D43 #638E43

monochromatic

#1E1C3B #332F64 #48438E #625CB2 #8A86C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#48438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#48438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48438E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48438E	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.120 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8077af',
    500: '#48438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48438e;
$custom-light: #8077af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42805,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48438E

secondary

#ADB17C

accent

#CC5CC4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF5

border

#CAC8CF

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48438E

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

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