#4840CA#4840CA

#4840CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.205 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840CA
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(243, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.57, 44.58, -70.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.57, 83.35, 302.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.2% 0.0273 -0.2032)
OKLCH	oklch(47.2% 0.205 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1631, 9.3075, 56.8631)
Luminance	0.0931 (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

#4840CA #C2CA40

analogous

#407DCA #4840CA #8D40CA

triadic

#4840CA #CA4840 #40CA48

tetradic

#4840CA #CA407D #C2CA40 #40CA8D

square

#4840CA #CA407D #C2CA40 #40CA8D

split-complementary

#4840CA #CA8D40 #7DCA40

monochromatic

#241F70 #332CA0 #4840CA #7670D7 #A4A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#4840CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4840CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840CA

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840CA	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.205 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a76db',
    500: '#4840ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840ca;
$custom-light: #8a76db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.478,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47202,
    "c": 0.20502,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840CA

secondary

#CED195

accent

#E048D7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840CA

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

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