#4B40C4#4B40C4

#4B40C4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.197 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B40C4
RGB	rgb(75, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(245, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(245, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.27, 43.08, -67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.27, 80.00, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.88% 0.0319 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(46.88% 0.197 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6957, 9.1471, 53.2050)
Luminance	0.0915 (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

#4B40C4 #B9C440

analogous

#4077C4 #4B40C4 #8D40C4

triadic

#4B40C4 #C44B40 #40C44B

tetradic

#4B40C4 #C44077 #B9C440 #40C48D

square

#4B40C4 #C44077 #B9C440 #40C48D

split-complementary

#4B40C4 #C48D40 #77C440

monochromatic

#272069 #382F98 #4B40C4 #776FD2 #A39EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#4B40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#4B40C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B40C4

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B40C4	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00637D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.197 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76d7',
    500: '#4b40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b40c4;
$custom-light: #8b76d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46879,
    "c": 0.19692,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B40C4

secondary

#C8CD93

accent

#DC4CD0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B40C4

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

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