#4840CC#4840CC

#4840CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.207 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840CC
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(243, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 45.23, -71.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 84.43, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.39% 0.027 -0.2057)
OKLCH	oklch(47.39% 0.208 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4014, 9.4029, 58.1183)
Luminance	0.0940 (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

#4840CC #C4CC40

analogous

#407ECC #4840CC #8E40CC

triadic

#4840CC #CC4840 #40CC48

tetradic

#4840CC #CC407E #C4CC40 #40CC8E

square

#4840CC #CC407E #C4CC40 #40CC8E

split-complementary

#4840CC #CC8E40 #7ECC40

monochromatic

#231F73 #322CA3 #4840CC #7670D9 #A5A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#4840CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4840CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840CC

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840CC	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.207 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76dd',
    500: '#4840cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840cc;
$custom-light: #8b76dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47386,
    "c": 0.2075,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840CC

secondary

#CFD295

accent

#E147D8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840CC

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

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