#4A40E2#4A40E2

#4A40E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.234 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40E2
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(244, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(244, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.92, 52.42, -80.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.92, 95.95, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.0259 -0.2322)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.234 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3804, 10.6120, 73.0164)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A40E2 #D8E240

analogous

#4087E2 #4A40E2 #9B40E2

triadic

#4A40E2 #E24A40 #40E24A

tetradic

#4A40E2 #E24087 #D8E240 #40E29B

square

#4A40E2 #E24087 #D8E240 #40E29B

split-complementary

#4A40E2 #E29B40 #87E240

monochromatic

#1E1692 #291EC7 #4A40E2 #7C75EA #AFAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#4A40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#4A40E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40E2

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40E2	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.234 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9077ec',
    500: '#4a40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40e2;
$custom-light: #9077ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.704,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4959,
    "c": 0.23366,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40E2

secondary

#DCE09E

accent

#F038E5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40E2

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

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