#4842AA#4842AA

#4842AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.161 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842AA
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 170)
HSL	hsl(243, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(243, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, 32.94, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 64.29, 300.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% 0.0287 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.161 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8741, 8.1756, 38.9748)
Luminance	0.0818 (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

#4842AA #A4AA42

analogous

#4270AA #4842AA #7C42AA

triadic

#4842AA #AA4842 #42AA48

tetradic

#4842AA #AA4270 #A4AA42 #42AA7C

square

#4842AA #AA4270 #A4AA42 #42AA7C

split-complementary

#4842AA #AA7C42 #70AA42

monochromatic

#232052 #35317E #4842AA #6B66C3 #9692D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#4842AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4842AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842AA

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842AA	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#105B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.161 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8477c4',
    500: '#4842aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842aa;
$custom-light: #8477c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.462,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44757,
    "c": 0.16111,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842AA

secondary

#BDC088

accent

#D454CC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842AA

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

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