#4E40A2#4E40A2

#4E40A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.152 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40A2
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 162)
HSL	hsl(249, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(249, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 60.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 32.77, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 60.90, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.039 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.152 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4949, 7.8945, 35.0935)
Luminance	0.0790 (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

#4E40A2 #94A240

analogous

#4063A2 #4E40A2 #7F40A2

triadic

#4E40A2 #A24E40 #40A24E

tetradic

#4E40A2 #A24063 #94A240 #40A27F

square

#4E40A2 #A24063 #94A240 #40A27F

split-complementary

#4E40A2 #A27F40 #63A240

monochromatic

#241D4A #392F76 #4E40A2 #6D5FC0 #958BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E40A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E40A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40A2

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40A2	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E576B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.152 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8775be',
    500: '#4e40a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40a2;
$custom-light: #8775be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44261,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40A2

secondary

#B4BC82

accent

#D355C1

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40A2

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

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