#4D40BF#4D40BF

#4D40BF is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.190 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D40BF
RGB	rgb(77, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(246, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(246, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.99, 41.79, -64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.99, 77.21, 302.77°)
OKLab	oklab(46.59% 0.0352 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(46.59% 0.19 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2950, 9.0052, 50.2650)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.54

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D40BF #B2BF40

analogous

#4072BF #4D40BF #8D40BF

triadic

#4D40BF #BF4D40 #40BF4D

tetradic

#4D40BF #BF4072 #B2BF40 #40BF8D

square

#4D40BF #BF4072 #B2BF40 #40BF8D

split-complementary

#4D40BF #BF8D40 #72BF40

monochromatic

#282163 #3B3191 #4D40BF #786ECE #A29CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#4D40BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#4D40BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D40BF

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D40BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D40BF	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d40bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.190 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76d3',
    500: '#4d40bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d40bf;
$custom-light: #8b76d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d40bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.142,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4659,
    "c": 0.19024,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D40BF

secondary

#C4CA91

accent

#D94ECB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D40BF

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

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