#4842E9#4842E9

#4842E9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.240 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4842E9
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(242, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.84, 53.31, -82.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.84, 98.51, 302.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.0211 -0.2395)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.24 275)
XYZ	xyz(19.3238, 11.1555, 78.2099)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4842E9 #E3E942

analogous

#428FE9 #4842E9 #9B42E9

triadic

#4842E9 #E94842 #42E948

tetradic

#4842E9 #E9428F #E3E942 #42E99B

square

#4842E9 #E9428F #E3E942 #42E99B

split-complementary

#4842E9 #E99B42 #8FE942

monochromatic

#17129E #2019D5 #4842E9 #7D79EF #B2B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#4842E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#4842E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4842E9

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4842E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4842E9	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4842e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.240 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078f1',
    500: '#4842e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4842e9;
$custom-light: #9078f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4842e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.156,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50411,
    "c": 0.24041,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4842E9

secondary

#E2E4A2

accent

#F632EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4842E9

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

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