#4840BC#4840BC

#4840BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.187 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840BC
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(244, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(244, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, 40.06, -64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 75.70, 301.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% 0.0291 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.187 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5801, 8.6743, 48.5259)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4840BC #B4BC40

analogous

#4076BC #4840BC #8640BC

triadic

#4840BC #BC4840 #40BC48

tetradic

#4840BC #BC4076 #B4BC40 #40BC86

square

#4840BC #BC4076 #B4BC40 #40BC86

split-complementary

#4840BC #BC8640 #76BC40

monochromatic

#252161 #37308E #4840BC #726CCD #9E9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#4840BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4840BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840BC

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840BC	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.187 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8876d1',
    500: '#4840bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840bc;
$custom-light: #8876d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.871,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45946,
    "c": 0.18734,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840BC

secondary

#C5C98F

accent

#D94FD0

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840BC

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

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