#4842E3#4842E3

#4842E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.233 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842E3
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(242, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, 51.42, -80.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 95.41, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% 0.0222 -0.2323)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.233 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4813, 10.8185, 73.7724)
Luminance	0.1082 (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

#4842E3 #DDE342

analogous

#428DE3 #4842E3 #9942E3

triadic

#4842E3 #E34842 #42E348

tetradic

#4842E3 #E3428D #DDE342 #42E399

square

#4842E3 #E3428D #DDE342 #42E399

split-complementary

#4842E3 #E39942 #8DE342

monochromatic

#1B1695 #241ECA #4842E3 #7C77EB #AFADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#4842E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#4842E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842E3

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842E3	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.233 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78ed',
    500: '#4842e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842e3;
$custom-light: #8f78ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.236,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49836,
    "c": 0.23331,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842E3

secondary

#DEE1A0

accent

#F137EA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842E3

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

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