#4A40CF#4A40CF

#4A40CF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.211 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40CF
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 46.44, -72.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 85.97, 302.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.0291 -0.2088)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.211 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9163, 9.6263, 60.0387)
Luminance	0.0963 (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

#4A40CF #C5CF40

analogous

#407DCF #4A40CF #9140CF

triadic

#4A40CF #CF4A40 #40CF4A

tetradic

#4A40CF #CF407D #C5CF40 #40CF91

square

#4A40CF #CF407D #C5CF40 #40CF91

split-complementary

#4A40CF #CF9140 #7DCF40

monochromatic

#241E77 #332AA8 #4A40CF #7871DB #A7A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#4A40CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4A40CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40CF

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40CF	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.211 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76df',
    500: '#4a40cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40cf;
$custom-light: #8c76df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.196,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47803,
    "c": 0.21079,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40CF

secondary

#D0D497

accent

#E345D8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40CF

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

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