#4842E5#4842E5

#4842E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.236 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842E5
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(242, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 52.05, -81.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 96.44, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.0218 -0.2347)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.236 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7589, 10.9295, 75.2346)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4842E5 #DFE542

analogous

#428DE5 #4842E5 #9A42E5

triadic

#4842E5 #E54842 #42E548

tetradic

#4842E5 #E5428D #DFE542 #42E59A

square

#4842E5 #E5428D #DFE542 #42E59A

split-complementary

#4842E5 #E59A42 #8DE542

monochromatic

#1A1598 #231CCE #4842E5 #7C78EC #B0AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#4842E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#4842E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842E5

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842E5	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.236 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078ef',
    500: '#4842e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842e5;
$custom-light: #9078ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.209,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50027,
    "c": 0.23568,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842E5

secondary

#E0E2A1

accent

#F235EB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842E5

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

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