#4940DD#4940DD

#4940DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.228 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4940DD
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(243, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(243, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.38, 50.75, -78.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.38, 93.39, 302.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.0256 -0.2265)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.228 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6279, 10.3022, 69.4521)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.15

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4940DD #D4DD40

analogous

#4086DD #4940DD #9740DD

triadic

#4940DD #DD4940 #40DD49

tetradic

#4940DD #DD4086 #D4DD40 #40DD97

square

#4940DD #DD4086 #D4DD40 #40DD97

split-complementary

#4940DD #DD9740 #86DD40

monochromatic

#1F198A #2B22BE #4940DD #7B74E6 #ACA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#4940DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#4940DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4940DD

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4940DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4940DD	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4940dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.228 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f77e9',
    500: '#4940dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4940dd;
$custom-light: #8f77e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4940dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.439,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49045,
    "c": 0.22795,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4940DD

secondary

#D9DD9C

accent

#ED3BE2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4940DD

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

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