#4840E2#4840E2

#4840E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.234 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4840E2
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(243, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(243, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.78, 52.21, -80.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.78, 96.03, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% 0.0235 -0.2329)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.234 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2288, 10.5338, 73.0093)
Luminance	0.1053 (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

#4840E2 #DAE240

analogous

#4089E2 #4840E2 #9940E2

triadic

#4840E2 #E24840 #40E248

tetradic

#4840E2 #E24089 #DAE240 #40E299

square

#4840E2 #E24089 #DAE240 #40E299

split-complementary

#4840E2 #E29940 #89E240

monochromatic

#1C1692 #261EC7 #4840E2 #7B75EA #AEAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#4840E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#4840E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4840E2

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4840E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4840E2	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4840e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.234 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f77ec',
    500: '#4840e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4840e2;
$custom-light: #8f77ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4840e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.963,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49458,
    "c": 0.23412,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4840E2

secondary

#DDE09E

accent

#F038E7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4840E2

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

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