#4A40C8#4A40C8

#4A40C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.202 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40C8
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(244, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, 44.21, -69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 82.20, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.16% 0.0301 -0.1999)
OKLCH	oklch(47.16% 0.202 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0794, 9.2916, 55.6312)
Luminance	0.0929 (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

#4A40C8 #BEC840

analogous

#407AC8 #4A40C8 #8E40C8

triadic

#4A40C8 #C84A40 #40C84A

tetradic

#4A40C8 #C8407A #BEC840 #40C88E

square

#4A40C8 #C8407A #BEC840 #40C88E

split-complementary

#4A40C8 #C88E40 #7AC840

monochromatic

#25206E #362D9D #4A40C8 #7770D6 #A49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#4A40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4A40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40C8

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40C8	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.202 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76da',
    500: '#4a40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40c8;
$custom-light: #8b76da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.412,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47164,
    "c": 0.20213,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40C8

secondary

#CBD094

accent

#DF49D4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40C8

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

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