#4840D8#4840D8

#4840D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.222 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840D8
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(243, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(243, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, 49.05, -76.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 90.81, 302.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% 0.0252 -0.2207)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.222 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8965, 10.0009, 65.9924)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.84

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4840D8 #D0D840

analogous

#4084D8 #4840D8 #9440D8

triadic

#4840D8 #D84840 #40D848

tetradic

#4840D8 #D84084 #D0D840 #40D894

square

#4840D8 #D84084 #D0D840 #40D894

split-complementary

#4840D8 #D89440 #84D840

monochromatic

#201B83 #2D25B6 #4840D8 #7973E2 #A9A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#4840D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#4840D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840D8

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840D8	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.222 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76e5',
    500: '#4840d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840d8;
$custom-light: #8d76e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48504,
    "c": 0.22217,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840D8

secondary

#D7DA9A

accent

#E93FE0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840D8

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

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