#4B48C8#4B48C8

#4B48C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.193 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B48C8
RGB	rgb(75, 72, 200)
HSL	hsl(241, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(241, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 64%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.37, 39.62, -66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.37, 77.23, 300.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.0251 -0.191)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.193 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6410, 10.2995, 55.7961)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.24

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B48C8 #C5C848

analogous

#4885C8 #4B48C8 #8B48C8

triadic

#4B48C8 #C84B48 #48C84B

tetradic

#4B48C8 #C84885 #C5C848 #48C88B

square

#4B48C8 #C84885 #C5C848 #48C88B

split-complementary

#4B48C8 #C88B48 #85C848

monochromatic

#242373 #3331A2 #4B48C8 #7977D6 #A8A6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#4B48C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#4B48C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B48C8

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B48C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B48C8	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b48c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 72, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.193 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7bda',
    500: '#4b48c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b48c8;
$custom-light: #8b7bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b48c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.406,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48513,
    "c": 0.19265,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B48C8

secondary

#D0D19A

accent

#DD4BDA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EEFB

border

#CBC9D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B48C8

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

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