#4C40C8#4C40C8

#4C40C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.202 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C40C8
RGB	rgb(76, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(245, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(245, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 44.49, -69.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 82.14, 302.80°)
OKLab	oklab(47.31% 0.0327 -0.1991)
OKLCH	oklch(47.31% 0.202 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2359, 9.3723, 55.6385)
Luminance	0.0937 (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

#4C40C8 #BCC840

analogous

#4078C8 #4C40C8 #9040C8

triadic

#4C40C8 #C84C40 #40C84C

tetradic

#4C40C8 #C84078 #BCC840 #40C890

square

#4C40C8 #C84078 #BCC840 #40C890

split-complementary

#4C40C8 #C89040 #78C840

monochromatic

#27206E #372D9D #4C40C8 #7970D6 #A59FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#4C40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4C40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C40C8

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C40C8	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.202 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76da',
    500: '#4c40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c40c8;
$custom-light: #8c76da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47312,
    "c": 0.20173,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C40C8

secondary

#CAD094

accent

#DF49D1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C40C8

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

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