#4840AA#4840AA

#4840AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.164 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840AA
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 170)
HSL	hsl(245, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(245, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 62.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 34.19, -55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 65.59, 301.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.0306 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.164 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7593, 7.9460, 38.9365)
Luminance	0.0795 (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

#4840AA #A2AA40

analogous

#406DAA #4840AA #7D40AA

triadic

#4840AA #AA4840 #40AA48

tetradic

#4840AA #AA406D #A2AA40 #40AA7D

square

#4840AA #AA406D #A2AA40 #40AA7D

split-complementary

#4840AA #AA7D40 #6DAA40

monochromatic

#221F51 #352F7E #4840AA #6A63C4 #958FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#4840AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4840AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840AA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840AA	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#115A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.164 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8575c4',
    500: '#4840aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840aa;
$custom-light: #8575c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.528,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44408,
    "c": 0.16371,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840AA

secondary

#BCC086

accent

#D553CB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840AA

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

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