#4940CC#4940CC

#4940CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.207 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940CC
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(244, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 45.36, -71.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 84.39, 302.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% 0.0283 -0.2054)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.207 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4766, 9.4416, 58.1219)
Luminance	0.0944 (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

#4940CC #C3CC40

analogous

#407DCC #4940CC #8F40CC

triadic

#4940CC #CC4940 #40CC49

tetradic

#4940CC #CC407D #C3CC40 #40CC8F

square

#4940CC #CC407D #C3CC40 #40CC8F

split-complementary

#4940CC #CC8F40 #7DCC40

monochromatic

#241F73 #332CA3 #4940CC #7770D9 #A5A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#4940CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4940CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940CC

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940CC	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.207 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76dd',
    500: '#4940cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940cc;
$custom-light: #8b76dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47456,
    "c": 0.2073,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940CC

secondary

#CED295

accent

#E147D7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940CC

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

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