#48459F#48459F

#48459F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.142 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48459F
RGB	rgb(72, 69, 159)
HSL	hsl(242, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(242, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 56.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.27, 27.42, -48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.27, 55.91, 299.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.0257 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.142 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0567, 8.1365, 33.7820)
Luminance	0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48459F #9C9F45

analogous

#456F9F #48459F #75459F

triadic

#48459F #9F4845 #459F48

tetradic

#48459F #9F456F #9C9F45 #459F75

square

#48459F #9F456F #9C9F45 #459F75

split-complementary

#48459F #9F7545 #6F9F45

monochromatic

#21204A #353274 #48459F #6865BC #9290CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#48459F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#48459F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48459F

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48459F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48459F	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0554A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#205A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48459f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 69, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.142 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8279bc',
    500: '#48459f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48459f;
$custom-light: #8279bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48459f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 39.474,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44438,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48459F

secondary

#B8BA86

accent

#CF58CB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48459F

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

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