#4842C8#4842C8

#4842C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.200 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842C8
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(243, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(243, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 42.77, -68.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 81.05, 301.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.0261 -0.1986)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.2 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0427, 9.4430, 55.6624)
Luminance	0.0944 (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

#4842C8 #C2C842

analogous

#427FC8 #4842C8 #8B42C8

triadic

#4842C8 #C84842 #42C848

tetradic

#4842C8 #C8427F #C2C842 #42C88B

square

#4842C8 #C8427F #C2C842 #42C88B

split-complementary

#4842C8 #C88B42 #7FC842

monochromatic

#24206F #332E9F #4842C8 #7671D6 #A4A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#4842C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4842C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842C8

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842C8	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.200 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a77da',
    500: '#4842c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842c8;
$custom-light: #8a77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.687,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47331,
    "c": 0.20029,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842C8

secondary

#CED096

accent

#DE4AD8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842C8

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

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