#4C48E1#4C48E1

#4C48E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.224 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C48E1
RGB	rgb(76, 72, 225)
HSL	hsl(242, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(242, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 68%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.58, 47.87, -77.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.58, 90.72, 301.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.0235 -0.2225)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.224 276)
XYZ	xyz(18.8840, 11.6058, 72.4645)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 4.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C48E1 #DDE148

analogous

#4890E1 #4C48E1 #9948E1

triadic

#4C48E1 #E14C48 #48E14C

tetradic

#4C48E1 #E14890 #DDE148 #48E199

square

#4C48E1 #E14890 #DDE148 #48E199

split-complementary

#4C48E1 #E19948 #90E148

monochromatic

#1C1996 #2621CB #4C48E1 #7F7DEA #B3B1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#4C48E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#4C48E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C48E1

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C48E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C48E1	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c48e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 72, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.224 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#907cec',
    500: '#4c48e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c48e1;
$custom-light: #907cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c48e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.569,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50788,
    "c": 0.22376,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.11607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C48E1

secondary

#DFE1A4

accent

#EF39EA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C48E1

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

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