#4840DF#4840DF

#4840DF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.231 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840DF
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 223)
HSL	hsl(243, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(243, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 51.26, -79.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 94.47, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.024 -0.2293)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.231 276)
XYZ	xyz(17.8208, 10.3706, 70.8603)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.35

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4840DF #D7DF40

analogous

#4088DF #4840DF #9840DF

triadic

#4840DF #DF4840 #40DF48

tetradic

#4840DF #DF4088 #D7DF40 #40DF98

square

#4840DF #DF4088 #D7DF40 #40DF98

split-complementary

#4840DF #DF9840 #88DF40

monochromatic

#1E188D #2920C1 #4840DF #7A74E8 #ACA9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#4840DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#4840DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840DF

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840DF	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.231 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e77ea',
    500: '#4840df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840df;
$custom-light: #8e77ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.019,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4917,
    "c": 0.23056,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.10372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840DF

secondary

#DBDE9D

accent

#EE3AE5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840DF

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

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