#4842DD#4842DD

#4842DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.226 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842DD
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(242, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.71, 49.52, -77.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.71, 92.27, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.0231 -0.2249)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.226 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6676, 10.4930, 69.4869)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.53

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4842DD #D7DD42

analogous

#428ADD #4842DD #9642DD

triadic

#4842DD #DD4842 #42DD48

tetradic

#4842DD #DD428A #D7DD42 #42DD96

square

#4842DD #DD428A #D7DD42 #42DD96

split-complementary

#4842DD #DD9642 #8ADD42

monochromatic

#1E198C #2922BF #4842DD #7A76E6 #ACAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#4842DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#4842DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842DD

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842DD	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.226 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e9',
    500: '#4842dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842dd;
$custom-light: #8e78e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.323,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49266,
    "c": 0.22613,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842DD

secondary

#DBDD9D

accent

#EC3BE5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842DD

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

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