#4842CC#4842CC

#4842CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.205 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842CC
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(243, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 44.07, -70.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 83.22, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.0256 -0.2037)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.205 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5162, 9.6325, 58.1566)
Luminance	0.0963 (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

#4842CC #C6CC42

analogous

#4281CC #4842CC #8D42CC

triadic

#4842CC #CC4842 #42CC48

tetradic

#4842CC #CC4281 #C6CC42 #42CC8D

square

#4842CC #CC4281 #C6CC42 #42CC8D

split-complementary

#4842CC #CC8D42 #81CC42

monochromatic

#231F74 #322CA4 #4842CC #7772D9 #A5A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#4842CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4842CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842CC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842CC	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.205 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b77dd',
    500: '#4842cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842cc;
$custom-light: #8b77dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47692,
    "c": 0.2053,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842CC

secondary

#D0D397

accent

#E147DA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842CC

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

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