#4940CF#4940CF

#4940CF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.211 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940CF
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.09, 46.31, -72.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.09, 86.00, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.0278 -0.2091)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.211 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8399, 9.5869, 60.0351)
Luminance	0.0959 (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

#4940CF #C6CF40

analogous

#407ECF #4940CF #9040CF

triadic

#4940CF #CF4940 #40CF49

tetradic

#4940CF #CF407E #C6CF40 #40CF90

square

#4940CF #CF407E #C6CF40 #40CF90

split-complementary

#4940CF #CF9040 #7ECF40

monochromatic

#231E77 #322AA8 #4940CF #7871DB #A6A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#4940CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4940CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940CF

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940CF	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.211 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76df',
    500: '#4940cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940cf;
$custom-light: #8c76df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.776,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47732,
    "c": 0.21099,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940CF

secondary

#D0D497

accent

#E345D9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940CF

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

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