#4942DD#4942DD

#4942DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.226 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4942DD
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(243, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(243, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.78, 49.63, -77.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.78, 92.24, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% 0.0243 -0.2246)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.226 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7427, 10.5318, 69.4904)
Luminance	0.1053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.49

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4942DD #D6DD42

analogous

#4289DD #4942DD #9742DD

triadic

#4942DD #DD4942 #42DD49

tetradic

#4942DD #DD4289 #D6DD42 #42DD97

square

#4942DD #DD4289 #D6DD42 #42DD97

split-complementary

#4942DD #DD9742 #89DD42

monochromatic

#1E198C #2A22BF #4942DD #7B76E6 #ADAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#4942DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#4942DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4942DD

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4942DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4942DD	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4942dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.226 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e9',
    500: '#4942dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4942dd;
$custom-light: #8e78e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4942dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.71,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49332,
    "c": 0.2259,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4942DD

secondary

#DADD9D

accent

#EC3BE4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4942DD

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

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