#4842E0#4842E0

#4842E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.230 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842E0
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(242, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 50.47, -79.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 93.84, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% 0.0226 -0.2286)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.23 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0708, 10.6543, 71.6107)
Luminance	0.1066 (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

#4842E0 #DAE042

analogous

#428BE0 #4842E0 #9742E0

triadic

#4842E0 #E04842 #42E048

tetradic

#4842E0 #E0428B #DAE042 #42E097

square

#4842E0 #E0428B #DAE042 #42E097

split-complementary

#4842E0 #E09742 #8BE042

monochromatic

#1C1890 #2620C5 #4842E0 #7B77E9 #AEABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#4842E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#4842E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842E0

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842E0	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.230 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78eb',
    500: '#4842e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842e0;
$custom-light: #8f78eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.278,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4955,
    "c": 0.22973,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842E0

secondary

#DDDF9F

accent

#EF39E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842E0

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

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