#4940C9#4940C9

#4940C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.204 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940C9
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(244, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.55, 44.40, -69.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.55, 82.78, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.18% 0.0287 -0.2015)
OKLCH	oklch(47.18% 0.204 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1203, 9.2991, 56.2451)
Luminance	0.0930 (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

#4940C9 #C0C940

analogous

#407BC9 #4940C9 #8E40C9

triadic

#4940C9 #C94940 #40C949

tetradic

#4940C9 #C9407B #C0C940 #40C98E

square

#4940C9 #C9407B #C0C940 #40C98E

split-complementary

#4940C9 #C98E40 #7BC940

monochromatic

#251F6F #342D9F #4940C9 #7670D6 #A49FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#4940C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4940C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940C9

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940C9	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.204 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76db',
    500: '#4940c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940c9;
$custom-light: #8b76db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.942,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47182,
    "c": 0.20357,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940C9

secondary

#CCD094

accent

#DF49D5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940C9

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

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