#4A40E3#4A40E3

#4A40E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.235 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A40E3
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(244, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(244, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 52.73, -80.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 96.47, 303.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.0257 -0.2334)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.235 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5180, 10.6670, 73.7412)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 3.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A40E3 #D9E340

analogous

#4088E3 #4A40E3 #9C40E3

triadic

#4A40E3 #E34A40 #40E34A

tetradic

#4A40E3 #E34088 #D9E340 #40E39C

square

#4A40E3 #E34088 #D9E340 #40E39C

split-complementary

#4A40E3 #E39C40 #88E340

monochromatic

#1D1693 #281DC8 #4A40E3 #7D75EB #AFABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#4A40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#4A40E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A40E3

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A40E3	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.235 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9077ed',
    500: '#4a40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a40e3;
$custom-light: #9077ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.681,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49686,
    "c": 0.23484,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A40E3

secondary

#DCE19E

accent

#F137E6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A40E3

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

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