#4A40D2#4A40D2

#4A40D2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.214 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D2
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(244, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 47.39, -73.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 87.57, 302.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.0286 -0.2125)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.214 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2865, 9.7744, 61.9887)
Luminance	0.0978 (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

#4A40D2 #C8D240

analogous

#407FD2 #4A40D2 #9340D2

triadic

#4A40D2 #D24A40 #40D24A

tetradic

#4A40D2 #D2407F #C8D240 #40D293

square

#4A40D2 #D2407F #C8D240 #40D293

split-complementary

#4A40D2 #D29340 #7FD240

monochromatic

#231D7B #3229AC #4A40D2 #7972DE #A8A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#4A40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4A40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D2

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D2	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.214 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76e1',
    500: '#4a40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d2;
$custom-light: #8d76e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.11,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4808,
    "c": 0.21446,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D2

secondary

#D2D698

accent

#E543DA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D2

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

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