#4842DC#4842DC

#4842DC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.225 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842DC
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(242, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.62, 49.20, -77.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.62, 91.75, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.0233 -0.2237)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.225 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5347, 10.4399, 68.7873)
Luminance	0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.46

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4842DC #D6DC42

analogous

#4289DC #4842DC #9542DC

triadic

#4842DC #DC4842 #42DC48

tetradic

#4842DC #DC4289 #D6DC42 #42DC95

square

#4842DC #DC4289 #D6DC42 #42DC95

split-complementary

#4842DC #DC9542 #89DC42

monochromatic

#1E1A8A #2923BE #4842DC #7A76E6 #ACA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#4842DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#4842DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842DC

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842DC	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.225 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e8',
    500: '#4842dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842dc;
$custom-light: #8e78e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.338,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49172,
    "c": 0.22493,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842DC

secondary

#DADD9D

accent

#EC3CE5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842DC

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

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