#4940D8#4940D8

#4940D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.222 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940D8
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(244, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.91, 49.17, -76.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.91, 90.77, 302.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.57% 0.0264 -0.2204)
OKLCH	oklch(48.57% 0.222 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9717, 10.0397, 65.9959)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.78

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4940D8 #CFD840

analogous

#4083D8 #4940D8 #9540D8

triadic

#4940D8 #D84940 #40D849

tetradic

#4940D8 #D84083 #CFD840 #40D895

square

#4940D8 #D84083 #CFD840 #40D895

split-complementary

#4940D8 #D89540 #83D840

monochromatic

#211B83 #2E25B6 #4940D8 #7973E2 #AAA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#4940D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#4940D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940D8

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940D8	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.222 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76e5',
    500: '#4940d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940d8;
$custom-light: #8e76e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.553,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48572,
    "c": 0.22194,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940D8

secondary

#D6DA9A

accent

#E93FDF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940D8

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

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