#4A40D6#4A40D6

#4A40D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.219 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D6
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 48.66, -75.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 89.68, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.028 -0.2175)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.219 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7911, 9.9763, 64.6460)
Luminance	0.0998 (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

#4A40D6 #CCD640

analogous

#4081D6 #4A40D6 #9540D6

triadic

#4A40D6 #D64A40 #40D64A

tetradic

#4A40D6 #D64081 #CCD640 #40D695

square

#4A40D6 #D64081 #CCD640 #40D695

split-complementary

#4A40D6 #D69540 #81D640

monochromatic

#221B80 #3026B2 #4A40D6 #7A72E1 #A9A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#4A40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#4A40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D6

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D6	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.219 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76e4',
    500: '#4a40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d6;
$custom-light: #8e76e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48453,
    "c": 0.21932,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D6

secondary

#D4D999

accent

#E840DC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D6

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

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