#4848E5#4848E5

#4848E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.230 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4848E5
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.68, 48.68, -79.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.68, 92.95, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% 0.0183 -0.2288)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.23 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1280, 11.6678, 75.3576)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4848E5 #E5E548

analogous

#4897E5 #4848E5 #9748E5

triadic

#4848E5 #E54848 #48E548

tetradic

#4848E5 #E54897 #E5E548 #48E597

square

#4848E5 #E54897 #E5E548 #48E597

split-complementary

#4848E5 #E59748 #97E548

monochromatic

#16169C #1E1ED2 #4848E5 #7E7EED #B3B3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#4848E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#4848E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4848E5

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4848E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4848E5	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4848e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.230 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7cee',
    500: '#4848e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4848e5;
$custom-light: #8f7cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4848e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50902,
    "c": 0.22955,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4848E5

secondary

#E3E3A6

accent

#F236F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4848E5

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

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