#4A40D3#4A40D3

#4A40D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.216 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D3
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(244, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 47.71, -74.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 88.10, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.0285 -0.2138)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.216 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4115, 9.8244, 62.6468)
Luminance	0.0983 (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

#4A40D3 #C9D340

analogous

#4080D3 #4A40D3 #9440D3

triadic

#4A40D3 #D34A40 #40D34A

tetradic

#4A40D3 #D34080 #C9D340 #40D394

square

#4A40D3 #D34080 #C9D340 #40D394

split-complementary

#4A40D3 #D39440 #80D340

monochromatic

#231D7C #3128AE #4A40D3 #7972DE #A8A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#4A40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#4A40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D3

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D3	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.216 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76e2',
    500: '#4a40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d3;
$custom-light: #8d76e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.082,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48173,
    "c": 0.21568,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D3

secondary

#D2D798

accent

#E642DA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D3

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

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