#4842DF#4842DF

#4842DF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.229 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842DF
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(242, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.90, 50.16, -78.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.90, 93.32, 302.51°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% 0.0228 -0.2274)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.229 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9356, 10.6002, 70.8986)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.68

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4842DF #D9DF42

analogous

#428BDF #4842DF #9742DF

triadic

#4842DF #DF4842 #42DF48

tetradic

#4842DF #DF428B #D9DF42 #42DF97

square

#4842DF #DF428B #D9DF42 #42DF97

split-complementary

#4842DF #DF9742 #8BDF42

monochromatic

#1D188E #2721C3 #4842DF #7B76E8 #ADABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#4842DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#4842DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842DF

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842DF	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.229 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78ea',
    500: '#4842df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842df;
$custom-light: #8e78ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.293,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49455,
    "c": 0.22853,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842DF

secondary

#DCDF9E

accent

#EE3AE7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842DF

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

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