#4D40C4#4D40C4

#4D40C4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.197 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D40C4
RGB	rgb(77, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(246, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(246, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 43.37, -67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 79.94, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.0345 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.197 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8546, 9.2290, 53.2124)
Luminance	0.0923 (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

#4D40C4 #B7C440

analogous

#4075C4 #4D40C4 #8F40C4

triadic

#4D40C4 #C44D40 #40C44D

tetradic

#4D40C4 #C44075 #B7C440 #40C48F

square

#4D40C4 #C44075 #B7C440 #40C48F

split-complementary

#4D40C4 #C48F40 #75C440

monochromatic

#282069 #392F98 #4D40C4 #796FD2 #A49EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#4D40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4D40C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D40C4

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D40C4	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.197 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76d7',
    500: '#4d40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d40c4;
$custom-light: #8c76d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4703,
    "c": 0.19655,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D40C4

secondary

#C7CD93

accent

#DC4CCE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D40C4

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

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