#4940D5#4940D5

#4940D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.218 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940D5
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 48.22, -75.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 89.19, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.0269 -0.2167)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.218 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5874, 9.8859, 63.9719)
Luminance	0.0989 (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

#4940D5 #CCD540

analogous

#4082D5 #4940D5 #9440D5

triadic

#4940D5 #D54940 #40D549

tetradic

#4940D5 #D54082 #CCD540 #40D594

square

#4940D5 #D54082 #CCD540 #40D594

split-complementary

#4940D5 #D59440 #82D540

monochromatic

#221C7F #2F27B1 #4940D5 #7972E0 #A9A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#4940D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4940D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940D5

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940D5	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.218 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76e3',
    500: '#4940d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940d5;
$custom-light: #8d76e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.624,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4829,
    "c": 0.21832,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940D5

secondary

#D4D899

accent

#E741DD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940D5

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

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