#4940D6#4940D6

#4940D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.220 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940D6
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 48.54, -75.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 89.72, 302.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.0267 -0.2179)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.22 277)
XYZ	xyz(16.7147, 9.9369, 64.6425)
Luminance	0.0994 (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

#4940D6 #CDD640

analogous

#4082D6 #4940D6 #9440D6

triadic

#4940D6 #D64940 #40D649

tetradic

#4940D6 #D64082 #CDD640 #40D694

square

#4940D6 #D64082 #CDD640 #40D694

split-complementary

#4940D6 #D69440 #82D640

monochromatic

#221B80 #2F26B2 #4940D6 #7972E1 #A9A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#4940D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4940D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940D6

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940D6	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.220 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76e4',
    500: '#4940d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940d6;
$custom-light: #8d76e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48384,
    "c": 0.21953,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.09938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940D6

secondary

#D5D999

accent

#E840DE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940D6

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

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