#4A40D9#4A40D9

#4A40D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.223 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40D9
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(244, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.08, 49.60, -76.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.08, 91.26, 302.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.0275 -0.2212)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.223 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1777, 10.1309, 66.6824)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A40D9 #CFD940

analogous

#4082D9 #4A40D9 #9740D9

triadic

#4A40D9 #D94A40 #40D94A

tetradic

#4A40D9 #D94082 #CFD940 #40D997

square

#4A40D9 #D94082 #CFD940 #40D997

split-complementary

#4A40D9 #D99740 #82D940

monochromatic

#211A84 #2E24B7 #4A40D9 #7A73E3 #ABA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#4A40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#4A40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40D9

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40D9	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.223 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e77e6',
    500: '#4a40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40d9;
$custom-light: #8e77e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.922,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48734,
    "c": 0.22294,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40D9

secondary

#D6DA9A

accent

#EA3EDF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40D9

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

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