#4840CF#4840CF

#4840CF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.211 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840CF
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(243, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 46.19, -72.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 86.03, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.0266 -0.2095)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.211 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7647, 9.5482, 60.0316)
Luminance	0.0955 (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

#4840CF #C7CF40

analogous

#407FCF #4840CF #9040CF

triadic

#4840CF #CF4840 #40CF48

tetradic

#4840CF #CF407F #C7CF40 #40CF90

square

#4840CF #CF407F #C7CF40 #40CF90

split-complementary

#4840CF #CF9040 #7FCF40

monochromatic

#231E77 #312AA8 #4840CF #7771DB #A6A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#4840CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4840CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840CF

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840CF	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.211 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76df',
    500: '#4840cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840cf;
$custom-light: #8b76df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.357,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47662,
    "c": 0.21121,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840CF

secondary

#D1D497

accent

#E345DA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840CF

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

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