#4C40CD#4C40CD

#4C40CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.208 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C40CD
RGB	rgb(76, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(245, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(245, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 46.07, -71.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 84.83, 302.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% 0.032 -0.2054)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.208 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8298, 9.6098, 58.7665)
Luminance	0.0961 (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

#4C40CD #C1CD40

analogous

#407BCD #4C40CD #9240CD

triadic

#4C40CD #CD4C40 #40CD4C

tetradic

#4C40CD #CD407B #C1CD40 #40CD92

square

#4C40CD #CD407B #C1CD40 #40CD92

split-complementary

#4C40CD #CD9240 #7BCD40

monochromatic

#261E74 #352BA5 #4C40CD #7971DA #A7A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#4C40CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4C40CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C40CD

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C40CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C40CD	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c40cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.208 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76dd',
    500: '#4c40cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c40cd;
$custom-light: #8d76dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c40cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.106,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47764,
    "c": 0.20792,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C40CD

secondary

#CED396

accent

#E246D4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C40CD

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

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