#4942E9#4942E9

#4942E9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.240 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4942E9
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(243, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(243, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.91, 53.41, -82.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.91, 98.47, 302.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.0223 -0.2391)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.24 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3990, 11.1943, 78.2134)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4942E9 #E2E942

analogous

#428EE9 #4942E9 #9C42E9

triadic

#4942E9 #E94942 #42E949

tetradic

#4942E9 #E9428E #E2E942 #42E99C

square

#4942E9 #E9428E #E2E942 #42E99C

split-complementary

#4942E9 #E99C42 #8EE942

monochromatic

#18129E #2119D5 #4942E9 #7E79EF #B3B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#4942E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#4942E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4942E9

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4942E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4942E9	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4942e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.240 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9178f1',
    500: '#4942e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4942e9;
$custom-light: #9178f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4942e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.515,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50474,
    "c": 0.24018,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4942E9

secondary

#E2E4A2

accent

#F632ED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4942E9

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

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