#4A40CC#4A40CC

#4A40CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.207 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40CC
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(244, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 45.49, -71.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 84.36, 302.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% 0.0295 -0.205)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.207 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5530, 9.4810, 58.1254)
Luminance	0.0948 (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

#4A40CC #C2CC40

analogous

#407CCC #4A40CC #9040CC

triadic

#4A40CC #CC4A40 #40CC4A

tetradic

#4A40CC #CC407C #C2CC40 #40CC90

square

#4A40CC #CC407C #C2CC40 #40CC90

split-complementary

#4A40CC #CC9040 #7CCC40

monochromatic

#251F73 #342CA3 #4A40CC #7870D9 #A6A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#4A40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4A40CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40CC

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40CC	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.207 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76dd',
    500: '#4a40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40cc;
$custom-light: #8c76dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47528,
    "c": 0.20709,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40CC

secondary

#CED295

accent

#E147D6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40CC

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

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