#4A40AC#4A40AC

#4A40AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.166 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40AC
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 172)
HSL	hsl(246, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(246, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 62.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 35.20, -56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 66.69, 301.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% 0.0331 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.166 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1015, 8.1004, 39.9476)
Luminance	0.0810 (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

#4A40AC #A2AC40

analogous

#406CAC #4A40AC #8040AC

triadic

#4A40AC #AC4A40 #40AC4A

tetradic

#4A40AC #AC406C #A2AC40 #40AC80

square

#4A40AC #AC406C #A2AC40 #40AC80

split-complementary

#4A40AC #AC8040 #6CAC40

monochromatic

#241F53 #372F7F #4A40AC #6D64C5 #9791D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#4A40AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4A40AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40AC

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40AC	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.166 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8675c6',
    500: '#4a40ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40ac;
$custom-light: #8675c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44733,
    "c": 0.16605,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40AC

secondary

#BCC187

accent

#D552C9

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40AC

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

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