#4940CB#4940CB

#4940CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.206 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940CB
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(244, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 45.04, -70.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 83.86, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% 0.0284 -0.2041)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.206 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3571, 9.3938, 57.4922)
Luminance	0.0940 (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

#4940CB #C2CB40

analogous

#407CCB #4940CB #8F40CB

triadic

#4940CB #CB4940 #40CB49

tetradic

#4940CB #CB407C #C2CB40 #40CB8F

square

#4940CB #CB407C #C2CB40 #40CB8F

split-complementary

#4940CB #CB8F40 #7CCB40

monochromatic

#241F72 #342CA2 #4940CB #7770D8 #A5A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#4940CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4940CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940CB

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940CB	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.206 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76dc',
    500: '#4940cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940cb;
$custom-light: #8b76dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.885,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47365,
    "c": 0.20606,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940CB

secondary

#CED295

accent

#E047D7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940CB

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

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