#4842CA#4842CA

#4842CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.203 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842CA
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(243, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(243, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 43.42, -69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 82.13, 301.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.0258 -0.2011)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.203 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2779, 9.5372, 56.9014)
Luminance	0.0954 (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

#4842CA #C4CA42

analogous

#4280CA #4842CA #8C42CA

triadic

#4842CA #CA4842 #42CA48

tetradic

#4842CA #CA4280 #C4CA42 #42CA8C

square

#4842CA #CA4280 #C4CA42 #42CA8C

split-complementary

#4842CA #CA8C42 #80CA42

monochromatic

#232072 #322DA2 #4842CA #7672D7 #A5A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#4842CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4842CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842CA

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842CA	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.203 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a77db',
    500: '#4842ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842ca;
$custom-light: #8a77db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.647,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47511,
    "c": 0.20279,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842CA

secondary

#CFD196

accent

#DF48D9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842CA

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

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