#4840CB#4840CB

#4840CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.206 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840CB
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(243, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 44.91, -70.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 83.89, 302.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% 0.0271 -0.2045)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.206 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2819, 9.3550, 57.4887)
Luminance	0.0936 (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

#4840CB #C3CB40

analogous

#407ECB #4840CB #8D40CB

triadic

#4840CB #CB4840 #40CB48

tetradic

#4840CB #CB407E #C3CB40 #40CB8D

square

#4840CB #CB407E #C3CB40 #40CB8D

split-complementary

#4840CB #CB8D40 #7ECB40

monochromatic

#241F72 #332CA2 #4840CB #7670D8 #A4A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#4840CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4840CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840CB

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840CB	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.206 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76dc',
    500: '#4840cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840cb;
$custom-light: #8b76dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.453,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47294,
    "c": 0.20626,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840CB

secondary

#CED295

accent

#E047D8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840CB

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

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