#4842CE#4842CE

#4842CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.208 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842CE
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(243, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, 44.71, -71.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 84.30, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.0253 -0.2062)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.208 277)
XYZ	xyz(15.7577, 9.7290, 59.4280)
Luminance	0.0973 (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

#4842CE #C8CE42

analogous

#4282CE #4842CE #8E42CE

triadic

#4842CE #CE4842 #42CE48

tetradic

#4842CE #CE4282 #C8CE42 #42CE8E

square

#4842CE #CE4282 #C8CE42 #42CE8E

split-complementary

#4842CE #CE8E42 #82CE42

monochromatic

#231F77 #312BA7 #4842CE #7773DB #A6A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#4842CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4842CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842CE

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842CE	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.208 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b77de',
    500: '#4842ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842ce;
$custom-light: #8b77de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47874,
    "c": 0.20779,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.0973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842CE

secondary

#D1D498

accent

#E246DB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842CE

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

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