#4C40CE#4C40CE

#4C40CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.209 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C40CE
RGB	rgb(76, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(245, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(245, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 46.39, -71.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 85.37, 302.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.0318 -0.2067)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.209 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9509, 9.6583, 59.4042)
Luminance	0.0966 (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

#4C40CE #C2CE40

analogous

#407BCE #4C40CE #9340CE

triadic

#4C40CE #CE4C40 #40CE4C

tetradic

#4C40CE #CE407B #C2CE40 #40CE93

square

#4C40CE #CE407B #C2CE40 #40CE93

split-complementary

#4C40CE #CE9340 #7BCE40

monochromatic

#261E75 #352BA6 #4C40CE #7A71DA #A7A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#4C40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4C40CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C40CE

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C40CE	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.209 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76de',
    500: '#4c40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c40ce;
$custom-light: #8d76de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.07,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47856,
    "c": 0.20915,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C40CE

secondary

#CED496

accent

#E245D5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C40CE

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

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