#4842DB#4842DB

#4842DB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.224 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842DB
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(242, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, 48.88, -77.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 91.22, 302.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% 0.0234 -0.2225)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.224 276)
XYZ	xyz(17.4027, 10.3871, 68.0919)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.39

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4842DB #D5DB42

analogous

#4288DB #4842DB #9442DB

triadic

#4842DB #DB4842 #42DB48

tetradic

#4842DB #DB4288 #D5DB42 #42DB94

square

#4842DB #DB4288 #D5DB42 #42DB94

split-complementary

#4842DB #DB9442 #88DB42

monochromatic

#1E1A89 #2A24BC #4842DB #7A75E5 #ACA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#4842DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#4842DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842DB

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842DB	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.224 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e7',
    500: '#4842db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842db;
$custom-light: #8e78e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49078,
    "c": 0.22372,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.10389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842DB

secondary

#DADC9D

accent

#EB3DE4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842DB

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

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