#4942E5#4942E5

#4942E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.235 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4942E5
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(243, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(243, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.53, 52.16, -81.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.53, 96.41, 302.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.023 -0.2343)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.235 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8341, 10.9683, 75.2381)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 4.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4942E5 #DEE542

analogous

#428CE5 #4942E5 #9B42E5

triadic

#4942E5 #E54942 #42E549

tetradic

#4942E5 #E5428C #DEE542 #42E59B

square

#4942E5 #E5428C #DEE542 #42E59B

split-complementary

#4942E5 #E59B42 #8CE542

monochromatic

#1A1598 #241CCE #4942E5 #7D78EC #B1AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#4942E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#4942E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4942E5

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4942E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4942E5	1.00	6.57	3.19	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4942e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.235 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078ef',
    500: '#4942e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4942e5;
$custom-light: #9078ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4942e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.577,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50091,
    "c": 0.23546,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4942E5

secondary

#DFE2A1

accent

#F235EA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4942E5

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

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