#4A40D8#4A40D8

#4A40D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.222 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D8
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(244, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.98, 49.29, -76.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.98, 90.74, 302.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% 0.0277 -0.22)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.222 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0481, 10.0790, 65.9995)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A40D8 #CED840

analogous

#4082D8 #4A40D8 #9640D8

triadic

#4A40D8 #D84A40 #40D84A

tetradic

#4A40D8 #D84082 #CED840 #40D896

square

#4A40D8 #D84082 #CED840 #40D896

split-complementary

#4A40D8 #D89640 #82D840

monochromatic

#221B83 #2F25B6 #4A40D8 #7A73E2 #AAA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#4A40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#4A40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D8

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D8	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.222 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e77e5',
    500: '#4a40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d8;
$custom-light: #8e77e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.947,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4864,
    "c": 0.22173,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D8

secondary

#D6DA9A

accent

#E93FDE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D8

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

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