#48488E#48488E

#48488E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.113 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48488E
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 142)
HSL	hsl(240, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(240, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 49.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.91, 19.89, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.91, 43.76, 297.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.0209 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.113 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8709, 7.9649, 26.6032)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48488E #8E8E48

analogous

#486B8E #48488E #6B488E

triadic

#48488E #8E4848 #488E48

tetradic

#48488E #8E486B #8E8E48 #488E6B

square

#48488E #8E486B #8E8E48 #488E6B

split-complementary

#48488E #8E6B48 #6B8E48

monochromatic

#1F1F3D #333365 #48488E #6363B0 #8C8CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#48488E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#48488E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48488E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48488E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48488E	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)

#2A5291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48488e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.113 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807baf',
    500: '#48488e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48488e;
$custom-light: #807baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48488e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43806,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48488E

secondary

#B0B082

accent

#C95FC9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0A0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48488E

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

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