#48539B#48539B

#48539B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.116 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48539B
RGB	rgb(72, 83, 155)
HSL	hsl(232, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(232, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 17.05, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 44.20, 292.69°)
OKLab	oklab(46.95% 0.0091 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(46.95% 0.116 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6802, 9.9300, 32.3052)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48539B #9B9048

analogous

#487D9B #48539B #67489B

triadic

#48539B #9B4853 #539B48

tetradic

#48539B #9B487D #9B9048 #489B67

square

#48539B #9B487D #9B9048 #489B67

split-complementary

#48539B #9B6748 #7D9B48

monochromatic

#212647 #353D71 #48539B #6872B9 #9199CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#48539B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#48539B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48539B

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48539B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48539B	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A5599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48539b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 83, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.116 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8183b9',
    500: '#48539b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48539b;
$custom-light: #8183b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48539b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.048,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46951,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48539B

secondary

#B8B187

accent

#BE5BCD

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFEFF6

border

#CACAD0

text

#0B0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48539B

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

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