#4C40D5#4C40D5

#4C40D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.218 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4C40D5
RGBrgb(76, 64, 213)
HSLhsl(245, 64%, 54%)
HSVhsv(245, 70%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(64.3%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(37.85, 48.59, -74.67)
CIE-LCHlch(37.85, 89.09, 303.05°)
OKLaboklab(48.5% 0.0307 -0.2155)
OKLCHoklch(48.5% 0.218 278.1)
XYZxyz(16.8203, 10.0060, 63.9828)
Luminance0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4C40D5 #C9D540
analogous
#407FD5 #4C40D5 #9740D5
triadic
#4C40D5 #D54C40 #40D54C
tetradic
#4C40D5 #D5407F #C9D540 #40D597
square
#4C40D5 #D5407F #C9D540 #40D597
split-complementary
#4C40D5 #D59740 #7FD540
monochromatic
#241C7F #3227B1 #4C40D5 #7B72E0 #AAA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00
#4C40D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00
#4C40D5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C40D5
7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4C40D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4C40D51.007.003.007.00
#FFFFFF7.001.0021.001.00
#0000003.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.001.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

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

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4c40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.218 278.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e77e3',
    500: '#4c40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4c40d5;
$custom-light: #8e77e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4c40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.832,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.485,
    "c": 0.21769,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4C40D5
secondary
#D3D899
accent
#E741DA
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EDFC
border
#CCC8D5
text
#0E0916
muted
#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C40D5

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#4C40D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva