#48499D#48499D

#48499D is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.133 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48499D
RGB	rgb(72, 73, 157)
HSL	hsl(239, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(239, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 53.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, 24.19, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 52.05, 297.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.0211 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.133 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1389, 8.5764, 32.9602)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48499D #9D9C48

analogous

#48749D #48499D #71489D

triadic

#48499D #9D4849 #499D48

tetradic

#48499D #9D4874 #9D9C48 #489D71

square

#48499D #9D4874 #9D9C48 #489D71

split-complementary

#48499D #9D7148 #749D48

monochromatic

#222249 #353573 #48499D #6869BA #9293CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#48499D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#48499D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48499D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48499D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48499D	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B56A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E4F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#225C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48499d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 73, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.133 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827bba',
    500: '#48499d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48499d;
$custom-light: #827bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48499d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.294,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45058,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48499D

secondary

#B9B888

accent

#CC5BCD

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEEF6

border

#CAC9D0

text

#0B0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48499D

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

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