#4840BE#4840BE

#4840BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.190 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840BE
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(244, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(244, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, 40.71, -65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 76.81, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% 0.0288 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.19 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7972, 8.7612, 49.6692)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.66

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4840BE #B6BE40

analogous

#4077BE #4840BE #8740BE

triadic

#4840BE #BE4840 #40BE48

tetradic

#4840BE #BE4077 #B6BE40 #40BE87

square

#4840BE #BE4077 #B6BE40 #40BE87

split-complementary

#4840BE #BE8740 #77BE40

monochromatic

#252162 #373190 #4840BE #736DCE #9F9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#4840BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4840BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840BE

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840BE	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.190 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8876d3',
    500: '#4840be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840be;
$custom-light: #8876d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.81,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46122,
    "c": 0.1899,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840BE

secondary

#C6C990

accent

#D94FD0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840BE

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

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