#4840CE#4840CE

#4840CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.210 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840CE
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(243, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 45.87, -72.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 85.50, 302.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.57% 0.0267 -0.2083)
OKLCH	oklch(47.57% 0.21 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6428, 9.4994, 59.3898)
Luminance	0.0950 (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

#4840CE #C6CE40

analogous

#407FCE #4840CE #8F40CE

triadic

#4840CE #CE4840 #40CE48

tetradic

#4840CE #CE407F #C6CE40 #40CE8F

square

#4840CE #CE407F #C6CE40 #40CE8F

split-complementary

#4840CE #CE8F40 #7FCE40

monochromatic

#231E75 #322BA6 #4840CE #7771DA #A5A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#4840CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4840CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840CE

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840CE	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.210 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76de',
    500: '#4840ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840ce;
$custom-light: #8b76de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.38,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4757,
    "c": 0.20998,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840CE

secondary

#D0D496

accent

#E245DA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840CE

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

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