#4840C8#4840C8

#4840C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.203 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840C8
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(244, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 43.94, -69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 82.27, 302.28°)
OKLab	oklab(47.02% 0.0276 -0.2006)
OKLCH	oklch(47.02% 0.203 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9278, 9.2134, 55.6241)
Luminance	0.0921 (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

#4840C8 #C0C840

analogous

#407CC8 #4840C8 #8C40C8

triadic

#4840C8 #C84840 #40C848

tetradic

#4840C8 #C8407C #C0C840 #40C88C

square

#4840C8 #C8407C #C0C840 #40C88C

split-complementary

#4840C8 #C88C40 #7CC840

monochromatic

#24206E #342D9D #4840C8 #7670D6 #A39FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#4840C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4840C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840C8

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840C8	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.203 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a76da',
    500: '#4840c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840c8;
$custom-light: #8a76da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4702,
    "c": 0.20253,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840C8

secondary

#CCD094

accent

#DF49D6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840C8

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

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