#4840DD#4840DD

#4840DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.228 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840DD
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(243, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(243, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.31, 50.63, -78.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.31, 93.43, 302.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.0243 -0.2269)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.228 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5528, 10.2634, 69.4486)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4840DD #D5DD40

analogous

#4086DD #4840DD #9640DD

triadic

#4840DD #DD4840 #40DD48

tetradic

#4840DD #DD4086 #D5DD40 #40DD96

square

#4840DD #DD4086 #D5DD40 #40DD96

split-complementary

#4840DD #DD9640 #86DD40

monochromatic

#1E198A #2A22BE #4840DD #7A74E6 #ACA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#4840DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#4840DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840DD

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840DD	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.228 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e77e9',
    500: '#4840dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840dd;
$custom-light: #8e77e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.057,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48979,
    "c": 0.22817,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840DD

secondary

#DADD9C

accent

#ED3BE4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840DD

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

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