#48459A#48459A

#48459A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.135 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48459A
RGB	rgb(72, 69, 154)
HSL	hsl(242, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(242, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 55.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.91, 25.77, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.91, 52.97, 299.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.0255 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.135 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6315, 7.9664, 31.5430)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48459A #979A45

analogous

#456C9A #48459A #72459A

triadic

#48459A #9A4845 #459A48

tetradic

#48459A #9A456C #979A45 #459A72

square

#48459A #9A456C #979A45 #459A72

split-complementary

#48459A #9A7245 #6C9A45

monochromatic

#201F45 #343270 #48459A #6663B9 #908DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#48459A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#48459A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48459A

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48459A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48459A	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13539D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#265868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48459a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 69, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.135 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8278b8',
    500: '#48459a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48459a;
$custom-light: #8278b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48459a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.118,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44063,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48459A

secondary

#B6B783

accent

#CE5ACA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48459A

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

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