#4D40BE#4D40BE

#4D40BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.189 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D40BE
RGB	rgb(77, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(246, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(246, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, 41.47, -64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 76.66, 302.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.5% 0.0353 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(46.5% 0.189 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1853, 8.9613, 49.6874)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.41

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D40BE #B1BE40

analogous

#4072BE #4D40BE #8C40BE

triadic

#4D40BE #BE4D40 #40BE4D

tetradic

#4D40BE #BE4072 #B1BE40 #40BE8C

square

#4D40BE #BE4072 #B1BE40 #40BE8C

split-complementary

#4D40BE #BE8C40 #72BE40

monochromatic

#282162 #3A3190 #4D40BE #776DCE #A29BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#4D40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4D40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D40BE

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D40BE	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.189 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76d3',
    500: '#4d40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d40be;
$custom-light: #8b76d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.19,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46503,
    "c": 0.18897,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D40BE

secondary

#C4C990

accent

#D94FCB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D40BE

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

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