#4A40BC#4A40BC

#4A40BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.187 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40BC
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(245, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(245, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.50, 40.36, -63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.50, 75.65, 302.25°)
OKLab	oklab(46.1% 0.0316 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(46.1% 0.187 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7317, 8.7525, 48.5330)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.31

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A40BC #B2BC40

analogous

#4074BC #4A40BC #8840BC

triadic

#4A40BC #BC4A40 #40BC4A

tetradic

#4A40BC #BC4074 #B2BC40 #40BC88

square

#4A40BC #BC4074 #B2BC40 #40BC88

split-complementary

#4A40BC #BC8840 #74BC40

monochromatic

#262161 #38308E #4A40BC #746CCD #9F9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#4A40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4A40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40BC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40BC	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.187 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8976d1',
    500: '#4a40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40bc;
$custom-light: #8976d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46096,
    "c": 0.18696,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40BC

secondary

#C4C98F

accent

#D94FCE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40BC

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

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