#48449B#48449B

#48449B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.138 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48449B
RGB	rgb(72, 68, 155)
HSL	hsl(243, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(243, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 56.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 26.74, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 54.23, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.0267 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.138 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6542, 7.8779, 31.9632)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48449B #979B44

analogous

#446B9B #48449B #73449B

triadic

#48449B #9B4844 #449B48

tetradic

#48449B #9B446B #979B44 #449B73

square

#48449B #9B446B #979B44 #449B73

split-complementary

#48449B #9B7344 #6B9B44

monochromatic

#201F46 #343170 #48449B #6662BA #908DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#48449B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#48449B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48449B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48449B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48449B	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C529E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#255869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48449b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 68, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.138 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8278b9',
    500: '#48449b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48449b;
$custom-light: #8278b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48449b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.759,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43947,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48449B

secondary

#B6B883

accent

#CF59C9

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48449B

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

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