#4940AC#4940AC

#4940AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.166 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940AC
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 172)
HSL	hsl(245, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(245, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 62.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, 35.02, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 66.71, 301.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.0318 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.166 281)
XYZ	xyz(12.0251, 8.0610, 39.9440)
Luminance	0.0806 (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

#4940AC #A3AC40

analogous

#406DAC #4940AC #7F40AC

triadic

#4940AC #AC4940 #40AC49

tetradic

#4940AC #AC406D #A3AC40 #40AC7F

square

#4940AC #AC406D #A3AC40 #40AC7F

split-complementary

#4940AC #AC7F40 #6DAC40

monochromatic

#231F53 #362F7F #4940AC #6C64C5 #9691D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#4940AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4940AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940AC

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940AC	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.166 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8575c6',
    500: '#4940ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940ac;
$custom-light: #8575c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44653,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.08062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940AC

secondary

#BCC187

accent

#D552CB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940AC

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

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