#4A40D1#4A40D1

#4A40D1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.213 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D1
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(244, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 47.08, -73.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 87.03, 302.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.99% 0.0288 -0.2113)
OKLCH	oklch(47.99% 0.213 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1623, 9.7247, 61.3346)
Luminance	0.0973 (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

#4A40D1 #C7D140

analogous

#407ED1 #4A40D1 #9240D1

triadic

#4A40D1 #D14A40 #40D14A

tetradic

#4A40D1 #D1407E #C7D140 #40D192

square

#4A40D1 #D1407E #C7D140 #40D192

split-complementary

#4A40D1 #D19240 #7ED140

monochromatic

#241D79 #3229AB #4A40D1 #7971DD #A7A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#4A40D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4A40D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D1

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D1	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.213 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76e0',
    500: '#4a40d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d1;
$custom-light: #8d76e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.138,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47987,
    "c": 0.21323,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D1

secondary

#D1D597

accent

#E444D9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D1

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

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