#4940A7#4940A7

#4940A7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.160 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940A7
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 167)
HSL	hsl(245, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(245, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 61.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 33.39, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 63.85, 301.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.0321 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.16 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5539, 7.8726, 37.4625)
Luminance	0.0787 (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

#4940A7 #9EA740

analogous

#406AA7 #4940A7 #7D40A7

triadic

#4940A7 #A74940 #40A749

tetradic

#4940A7 #A7406A #9EA740 #40A77D

square

#4940A7 #A7406A #9EA740 #40A77D

split-complementary

#4940A7 #A77D40 #6AA740

monochromatic

#221E4F #362F7B #4940A7 #6A62C3 #948ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#4940A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4940A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940A7

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940A7	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A596D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.160 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8575c2',
    500: '#4940a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940a7;
$custom-light: #8575c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.243,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44241,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940A7

secondary

#BABF84

accent

#D454C9

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940A7

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

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