#4942C9#4942C9

#4942C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.201 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4942C9
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(243, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(243, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 43.23, -69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 81.56, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.0272 -0.1995)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.201 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2351, 9.5287, 56.2834)
Luminance	0.0953 (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

#4942C9 #C2C942

analogous

#427FC9 #4942C9 #8C42C9

triadic

#4942C9 #C94942 #42C949

tetradic

#4942C9 #C9427F #C2C942 #42C98C

square

#4942C9 #C9427F #C2C942 #42C98C

split-complementary

#4942C9 #C98C42 #7FC942

monochromatic

#242070 #342EA0 #4942C9 #7772D7 #A5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#4942C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4942C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4942C9

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4942C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4942C9	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4942c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.201 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b77db',
    500: '#4942c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4942c9;
$custom-light: #8b77db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4942c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47492,
    "c": 0.20133,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4942C9

secondary

#CED196

accent

#DF49D7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4942C9

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

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