#4A40D0#4A40D0

#4A40D0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.212 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D0
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(244, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 46.76, -72.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 86.50, 302.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.0289 -0.21)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.212 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0389, 9.6754, 60.6846)
Luminance	0.0968 (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

#4A40D0 #C6D040

analogous

#407ED0 #4A40D0 #9240D0

triadic

#4A40D0 #D04A40 #40D04A

tetradic

#4A40D0 #D0407E #C6D040 #40D092

square

#4A40D0 #D0407E #C6D040 #40D092

split-complementary

#4A40D0 #D09240 #7ED040

monochromatic

#241E78 #322AA9 #4A40D0 #7971DC #A7A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#4A40D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4A40D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D0

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D0	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.212 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76e0',
    500: '#4a40d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d0;
$custom-light: #8c76e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.167,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47895,
    "c": 0.21201,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D0

secondary

#D1D597

accent

#E444D9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D0

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

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