#4A40DE#4A40DE

#4A40DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.229 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40DE
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(244, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(244, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 51.17, -78.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 93.88, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.21% 0.0266 -0.2274)
OKLCH	oklch(49.21% 0.229 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8380, 10.3950, 70.1595)
Luminance	0.1040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A40DE #D4DE40

analogous

#4085DE #4A40DE #9940DE

triadic

#4A40DE #DE4A40 #40DE4A

tetradic

#4A40DE #DE4085 #D4DE40 #40DE99

square

#4A40DE #DE4085 #D4DE40 #40DE99

split-complementary

#4A40DE #DE9940 #85DE40

monochromatic

#1F188B #2B21C0 #4A40DE #7B74E7 #ADA8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#4A40DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#4A40DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40DE

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40DE	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.229 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f77ea',
    500: '#4a40de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40de;
$custom-light: #8f77ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.797,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49208,
    "c": 0.22892,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40DE

secondary

#D9DE9C

accent

#ED3AE2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40DE

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

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