#4D40CC#4D40CC

#4D40CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.206 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D40CC
RGB	rgb(77, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(246, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 45.90, -70.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 84.26, 303.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.0334 -0.2038)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.207 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7896, 9.6030, 58.1365)
Luminance	0.0960 (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

#4D40CC #BFCC40

analogous

#4079CC #4D40CC #9340CC

triadic

#4D40CC #CC4D40 #40CC4D

tetradic

#4D40CC #CC4079 #BFCC40 #40CC93

square

#4D40CC #CC4079 #BFCC40 #40CC93

split-complementary

#4D40CC #CC9340 #79CC40

monochromatic

#271F73 #372CA3 #4D40CC #7A70D9 #A7A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#4D40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4D40CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D40CC

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D40CC	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.206 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76dd',
    500: '#4d40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d40cc;
$custom-light: #8d76dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47747,
    "c": 0.2065,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D40CC

secondary

#CDD295

accent

#E147D3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D40CC

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

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