#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
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 48.34, -74.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 89.16, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.0281 -0.2163)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.218 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6638, 9.9253, 63.9755)
Luminance	0.0993 (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

#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
##4A40D5	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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