#4D40DE#4D40DE

#4D40DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.228 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D40DE
RGB	rgb(77, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(245, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(245, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.75, 51.52, -78.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.75, 93.77, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% 0.0304 -0.2262)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.228 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0745, 10.5170, 70.1706)
Luminance	0.1052 (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

#4D40DE #D1DE40

analogous

#4082DE #4D40DE #9C40DE

triadic

#4D40DE #DE4D40 #40DE4D

tetradic

#4D40DE #DE4082 #D1DE40 #40DE9C

square

#4D40DE #DE4082 #D1DE40 #40DE9C

split-complementary

#4D40DE #DE9C40 #82DE40

monochromatic

#22188B #2E21C0 #4D40DE #7E74E7 #AEA8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#4D40DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#4D40DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D40DE

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D40DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D40DE	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d40de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.228 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9077ea',
    500: '#4d40de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d40de;
$custom-light: #9077ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d40de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.937,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49414,
    "c": 0.22828,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D40DE

secondary

#D8DE9C

accent

#ED3ADF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D40DE

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

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