#4A40CE#4A40CE

#4A40CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.210 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40CE
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(244, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.07, 46.12, -71.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.07, 85.43, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.0292 -0.2075)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.21 278)
XYZ	xyz(15.7944, 9.5776, 59.3969)
Luminance	0.0958 (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

#4A40CE #C4CE40

analogous

#407DCE #4A40CE #9140CE

triadic

#4A40CE #CE4A40 #40CE4A

tetradic

#4A40CE #CE407D #C4CE40 #40CE91

square

#4A40CE #CE407D #C4CE40 #40CE91

split-complementary

#4A40CE #CE9140 #7DCE40

monochromatic

#241E75 #332BA6 #4A40CE #7871DA #A6A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#4A40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4A40CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40CE

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40CE	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.210 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76de',
    500: '#4a40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40ce;
$custom-light: #8c76de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.225,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47711,
    "c": 0.20956,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.09579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40CE

secondary

#CFD496

accent

#E245D7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40CE

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

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