#4C48E5#4C48E5

#4C48E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.229 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C48E5
RGB	rgb(76, 72, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(242, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 49.15, -78.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 92.83, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.023 -0.2275)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.229 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4361, 11.8266, 75.3721)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C48E5 #E1E548

analogous

#4893E5 #4C48E5 #9B48E5

triadic

#4C48E5 #E54C48 #48E54C

tetradic

#4C48E5 #E54893 #E1E548 #48E59B

square

#4C48E5 #E54893 #E1E548 #48E59B

split-complementary

#4C48E5 #E59B48 #93E548

monochromatic

#1A169C #221ED2 #4C48E5 #807EED #B5B3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#4C48E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#4C48E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C48E5

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C48E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C48E5	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c48e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 72, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.229 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917cee',
    500: '#4c48e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c48e5;
$custom-light: #917cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c48e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.529,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51153,
    "c": 0.22862,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C48E5

secondary

#E2E3A6

accent

#F236ED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C48E5

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

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