#4D40C8#4D40C8

#4D40C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.202 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D40C8
RGB	rgb(77, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(246, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, 44.63, -68.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 82.11, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.39% 0.034 -0.1987)
OKLCH	oklch(47.39% 0.202 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3160, 9.4136, 55.6423)
Luminance	0.0941 (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

#4D40C8 #BBC840

analogous

#4077C8 #4D40C8 #9140C8

triadic

#4D40C8 #C84D40 #40C84D

tetradic

#4D40C8 #C84077 #BBC840 #40C891

square

#4D40C8 #C84077 #BBC840 #40C891

split-complementary

#4D40C8 #C89140 #77C840

monochromatic

#27206E #382D9D #4D40C8 #7970D6 #A69FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#4D40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4D40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D40C8

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D40C8	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.202 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76da',
    500: '#4d40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d40c8;
$custom-light: #8c76da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.735,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47387,
    "c": 0.20155,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D40C8

secondary

#CAD094

accent

#DF49D0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D40C8

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

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