#4A40D5#4A40D5

#4A40D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.218 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A40D5
RGBrgb(74, 64, 213)
HSLhsl(244, 64%, 54%)
HSVhsv(244, 70%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(37.71, 48.34, -74.91)
CIE-LCHlch(37.71, 89.16, 302.84°)
OKLaboklab(48.36% 0.0281 -0.2163)
OKLCHoklch(48.36% 0.218 277.4)
XYZxyz(16.6638, 9.9253, 63.9755)
Luminance0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A40D5 #CBD540
analogous
#4081D5 #4A40D5 #9540D5
triadic
#4A40D5 #D54A40 #40D54A
tetradic
#4A40D5 #D54081 #CBD540 #40D595
square
#4A40D5 #D54081 #CBD540 #40D595
split-complementary
#4A40D5 #D59540 #81D540
monochromatic
#231C7F #3027B1 #4A40D5 #7A72E0 #A9A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03
#4A40D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99
#4A40D5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D5
7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A40D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4A40D51.007.032.997.03
#FFFFFF7.031.0021.001.00
#0000002.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.031.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005FD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0052D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006986
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.218 277.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76e3',
    500: '#4a40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a40d5;
$custom-light: #8d76e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.027,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48359,
    "c": 0.2181,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A40D5
secondary
#D4D899
accent
#E741DC
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EDFC
border
#CCC8D5
text
#0E0916
muted
#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D5

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#4A40D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva