#4E40A1#4E40A1

#4E40A1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.151 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40A1
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 161)
HSL	hsl(249, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(249, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 60.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 32.46, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 60.32, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.039 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.151 285)
XYZ	xyz(11.4064, 7.8591, 34.6272)
Luminance	0.0786 (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

#4E40A1 #93A140

analogous

#4063A1 #4E40A1 #7F40A1

triadic

#4E40A1 #A14E40 #40A14E

tetradic

#4E40A1 #A14063 #93A140 #40A17F

square

#4E40A1 #A14063 #93A140 #40A17F

split-complementary

#4E40A1 #A17F40 #63A140

monochromatic

#241D49 #392F75 #4E40A1 #6D5FBF #958BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#4E40A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E40A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40A1

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40A1	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F576A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.151 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8775bd',
    500: '#4e40a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40a1;
$custom-light: #8775bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.66,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44183,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.0786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40A1

secondary

#B3BC81

accent

#D355C1

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40A1

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

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