#4842E2#4842E2

#4842E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.232 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842E2
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.18, 51.11, -79.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.18, 94.89, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.0223 -0.231)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.232 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3437, 10.7634, 73.0476)
Luminance	0.1076 (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

#4842E2 #DCE242

analogous

#428CE2 #4842E2 #9842E2

triadic

#4842E2 #E24842 #42E248

tetradic

#4842E2 #E2428C #DCE242 #42E298

square

#4842E2 #E2428C #DCE242 #42E298

split-complementary

#4842E2 #E29842 #8CE242

monochromatic

#1B1793 #251FC8 #4842E2 #7B77EA #AFACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#4842E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#4842E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842E2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842E2	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.232 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78ec',
    500: '#4842e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842e2;
$custom-light: #8f78ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4974,
    "c": 0.23212,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842E2

secondary

#DEE09F

accent

#F038E9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842E2

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

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