#4A40DB#4A40DB

#4A40DB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.225 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40DB
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 219)
HSL	hsl(244, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.26, 50.23, -77.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.26, 92.31, 302.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% 0.0271 -0.2237)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.225 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4395, 10.2356, 68.0607)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.94

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A40DB #D1DB40

analogous

#4083DB #4A40DB #9740DB

triadic

#4A40DB #DB4A40 #40DB4A

tetradic

#4A40DB #DB4083 #D1DB40 #40DB97

square

#4A40DB #DB4083 #D1DB40 #40DB97

split-complementary

#4A40DB #DB9740 #83DB40

monochromatic

#211987 #2D23BB #4A40DB #7B73E5 #ACA7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#4A40DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#4A40DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40DB

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40DB	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.225 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f77e7',
    500: '#4a40db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40db;
$custom-light: #8f77e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.871,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48923,
    "c": 0.22534,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40DB

secondary

#D8DC9B

accent

#EB3DE0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40DB

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

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