#4E40A6#4E40A6

#4E40A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.157 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40A6
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 166)
HSL	hsl(248, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(248, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 61.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.06, 34.03, -53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.06, 63.19, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% 0.0388 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.157 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8561, 8.0390, 36.9960)
Luminance	0.0804 (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

#4E40A6 #98A640

analogous

#4065A6 #4E40A6 #8140A6

triadic

#4E40A6 #A64E40 #40A64E

tetradic

#4E40A6 #A64065 #98A640 #40A681

square

#4E40A6 #A64065 #98A640 #40A681

split-complementary

#4E40A6 #A68140 #65A640

monochromatic

#241E4E #392F7A #4E40A6 #6E61C2 #978DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#4E40A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E40A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40A6

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40A6	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A586D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.157 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8775c1',
    500: '#4e40a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40a6;
$custom-light: #8775c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.235,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44578,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40A6

secondary

#B6BE84

accent

#D454C2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40A6

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

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