#4A40D4#4A40D4

#4A40D4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.217 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D4
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(244, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 48.03, -74.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 88.63, 302.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.0283 -0.215)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.217 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5372, 9.8747, 63.3091)
Luminance	0.0988 (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

#4A40D4 #CAD440

analogous

#4080D4 #4A40D4 #9440D4

triadic

#4A40D4 #D44A40 #40D44A

tetradic

#4A40D4 #D44080 #CAD440 #40D494

square

#4A40D4 #D44080 #CAD440 #40D494

split-complementary

#4A40D4 #D49440 #80D440

monochromatic

#231C7D #3127AF #4A40D4 #7972DF #A9A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#4A40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4A40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D4

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D4	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.217 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76e2',
    500: '#4a40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d4;
$custom-light: #8d76e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.054,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48266,
    "c": 0.21689,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D4

secondary

#D3D798

accent

#E642DB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D4

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

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