#4942E2#4942E2

#4942E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.232 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4942E2
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(243, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(243, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.25, 51.22, -79.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.25, 94.85, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% 0.0235 -0.2307)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.232 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4188, 10.8022, 73.0511)
Luminance	0.1080 (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

#4942E2 #DBE242

analogous

#428BE2 #4942E2 #9942E2

triadic

#4942E2 #E24942 #42E249

tetradic

#4942E2 #E2428B #DBE242 #42E299

square

#4942E2 #E2428B #DBE242 #42E299

split-complementary

#4942E2 #E29942 #8BE242

monochromatic

#1C1793 #261FC8 #4942E2 #7C77EA #AFACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#4942E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#4942E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4942E2

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4942E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4942E2	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4942e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.232 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78ec',
    500: '#4942e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4942e2;
$custom-light: #8f78ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4942e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49805,
    "c": 0.2319,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4942E2

secondary

#DDE09F

accent

#F038E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4942E2

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

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