#48489D#48489D

#48489D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.135 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48489D
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 157)
HSL	hsl(240, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(240, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 54.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.90, 24.83, -46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.90, 52.72, 298.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.86% 0.0222 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(44.86% 0.135 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0738, 8.4461, 32.9385)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48489D #9D9D48

analogous

#48739D #48489D #73489D

triadic

#48489D #9D4848 #489D48

tetradic

#48489D #9D4873 #9D9D48 #489D73

square

#48489D #9D4873 #9D9D48 #489D73

split-complementary

#48489D #9D7348 #739D48

monochromatic

#222249 #353573 #48489D #6868BA #9292CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#48489D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#48489D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48489D

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48489D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48489D	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1855A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#225B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48489d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.135 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827bba',
    500: '#48489d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48489d;
$custom-light: #827bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48489d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44863,
    "c": 0.13476,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48489D

secondary

#B9B988

accent

#CD5BCD

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48489D

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

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