#4940C8#4940C8

#4940C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.202 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940C8
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(244, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.47, 44.08, -69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.47, 82.24, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.09% 0.0288 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(47.09% 0.202 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0030, 9.2522, 55.6276)
Luminance	0.0925 (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

#4940C8 #BFC840

analogous

#407BC8 #4940C8 #8D40C8

triadic

#4940C8 #C84940 #40C849

tetradic

#4940C8 #C8407B #BFC840 #40C88D

square

#4940C8 #C8407B #BFC840 #40C88D

split-complementary

#4940C8 #C88D40 #7BC840

monochromatic

#25206E #352D9D #4940C8 #7670D6 #A49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#4940C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4940C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940C8

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940C8	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.202 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a76da',
    500: '#4940c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940c8;
$custom-light: #8a76da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.971,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47091,
    "c": 0.20232,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940C8

secondary

#CCD094

accent

#DF49D5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940C8

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

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