#48459E#48459E

#48459E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.140 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48459E
RGB	rgb(72, 69, 158)
HSL	hsl(242, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(242, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 56.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 27.09, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 55.33, 299.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.0256 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.14 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9703, 8.1019, 33.3269)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48459E #9B9E45

analogous

#456F9E #48459E #74459E

triadic

#48459E #9E4845 #459E48

tetradic

#48459E #9E456F #9B9E45 #459E74

square

#48459E #9E456F #9B9E45 #459E74

split-complementary

#48459E #9E7445 #6F9E45

monochromatic

#212049 #353273 #48459E #6865BC #918FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#48459E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#48459E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48459E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48459E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48459E	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0854A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48459e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 69, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.140 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8278bb',
    500: '#48459e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48459e;
$custom-light: #8278bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48459e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.022,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44362,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48459E

secondary

#B8BA85

accent

#CF59CB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48459E

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

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