#4A40D7#4A40D7

#4A40D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.221 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D7
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(244, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, 48.97, -75.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 90.21, 302.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.55% 0.0278 -0.2188)
OKLCH	oklch(48.55% 0.221 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9192, 10.0275, 65.3207)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.66

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A40D7 #CDD740

analogous

#4081D7 #4A40D7 #9640D7

triadic

#4A40D7 #D74A40 #40D74A

tetradic

#4A40D7 #D74081 #CDD740 #40D796

square

#4A40D7 #D74081 #CDD740 #40D796

split-complementary

#4A40D7 #D79640 #81D740

monochromatic

#221B81 #2F26B4 #4A40D7 #7A73E2 #AAA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#4A40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#4A40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D7

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D7	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.221 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76e5',
    500: '#4a40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d7;
$custom-light: #8e76e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.974,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48546,
    "c": 0.22053,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D7

secondary

#D5D99A

accent

#E83FDD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D7

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

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