#4840C6#4840C6

#4840C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.200 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840C6
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(244, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.22, 43.30, -68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.22, 81.18, 302.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.84% 0.0278 -0.1981)
OKLCH	oklch(46.84% 0.2 278)
XYZ	xyz(14.6956, 9.1205, 54.4011)
Luminance	0.0912 (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

#4840C6 #BEC640

analogous

#407BC6 #4840C6 #8B40C6

triadic

#4840C6 #C64840 #40C648

tetradic

#4840C6 #C6407B #BEC640 #40C68B

square

#4840C6 #C6407B #BEC640 #40C68B

split-complementary

#4840C6 #C68B40 #7BC640

monochromatic

#25206C #352E9B #4840C6 #756FD4 #A29EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#4840C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#4840C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840C6

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840C6	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00637E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.200 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a76d8',
    500: '#4840c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840c6;
$custom-light: #8a76d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.582,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46838,
    "c": 0.20003,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.09122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840C6

secondary

#CBCE93

accent

#DD4AD5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840C6

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

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