#4840AC#4840AC

#4840AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.166 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840AC
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 172)
HSL	hsl(244, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(244, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 34.84, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 66.73, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.57% 0.0305 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(44.57% 0.166 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9499, 8.0223, 39.9405)
Luminance	0.0802 (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

#4840AC #A4AC40

analogous

#406EAC #4840AC #7E40AC

triadic

#4840AC #AC4840 #40AC48

tetradic

#4840AC #AC406E #A4AC40 #40AC7E

square

#4840AC #AC406E #A4AC40 #40AC7E

split-complementary

#4840AC #AC7E40 #6EAC40

monochromatic

#231F53 #352F7F #4840AC #6B64C5 #9691D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4840AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4840AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840AC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840AC	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C5B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.166 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8575c6',
    500: '#4840ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840ac;
$custom-light: #8575c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44574,
    "c": 0.16639,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840AC

secondary

#BDC187

accent

#D552CC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840AC

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

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