#4B48D8#4B48D8

#4B48D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.213 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B48D8
RGB	rgb(75, 72, 216)
HSL	hsl(241, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(241, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 44.84, -73.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 85.95, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% 0.0235 -0.2116)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.213 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6096, 11.0869, 66.1644)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B48D8 #D5D848

analogous

#488DD8 #4B48D8 #9348D8

triadic

#4B48D8 #D84B48 #48D84B

tetradic

#4B48D8 #D8488D #D5D848 #48D893

square

#4B48D8 #D8488D #D5D848 #48D893

split-complementary

#4B48D8 #D89348 #8DD848

monochromatic

#1F1D89 #2B28BB #4B48D8 #7D7AE3 #AEADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#4B48D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#4B48D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B48D8

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B48D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B48D8	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b48d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 72, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.213 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7ce5',
    500: '#4b48d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b48d8;
$custom-light: #8e7ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b48d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49911,
    "c": 0.2129,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B48D8

secondary

#DADBA0

accent

#E840E4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B48D8

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

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