#4B40D5#4B40D5

#4B40D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.218 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B40D5
RGBrgb(75, 64, 213)
HSLhsl(244, 64%, 54%)
HSVhsv(244, 70%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(37.78, 48.47, -74.79)
CIE-LCHlch(37.78, 89.12, 302.94°)
OKLaboklab(48.43% 0.0294 -0.2159)
OKLCHoklch(48.43% 0.218 277.8)
XYZxyz(16.7414, 9.9653, 63.9792)
Luminance0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B40D5 #CAD540
analogous
#407FD5 #4B40D5 #9640D5
triadic
#4B40D5 #D54B40 #40D54B
tetradic
#4B40D5 #D5407F #CAD540 #40D596
square
#4B40D5 #D5407F #CAD540 #40D596
split-complementary
#4B40D5 #D59640 #7FD540
monochromatic
#231C7F #3127B1 #4B40D5 #7A72E0 #AAA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02
#4B40D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99
#4B40D5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B40D5
7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B40D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4B40D51.007.022.997.02
#FFFFFF7.021.0021.001.00
#0000002.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005FD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0053D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006986
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.218 277.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76e3',
    500: '#4b40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b40d5;
$custom-light: #8e76e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.43,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48429,
    "c": 0.21789,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B40D5
secondary
#D3D899
accent
#E741DB
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EDFC
border
#CCC8D5
text
#0E0916
muted
#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B40D5

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#4B40D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva