#4E40B6#4E40B6

#4E40B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.179 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40B6
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 182)
HSL	hsl(247, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(247, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 64.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.33, 39.10, -60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.33, 72.21, 302.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.9% 0.0375 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(45.9% 0.179 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4162, 8.6630, 45.2121)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.58

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E40B6 #A8B640

analogous

#406DB6 #4E40B6 #8940B6

triadic

#4E40B6 #B64E40 #40B64E

tetradic

#4E40B6 #B6406D #A8B640 #40B689

square

#4E40B6 #B6406D #A8B640 #40B689

split-complementary

#4E40B6 #B68940 #6DB640

monochromatic

#27205B #3B3089 #4E40B6 #7569CA #9E96DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#4E40B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E40B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40B6

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40B6	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.179 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a76cd',
    500: '#4e40b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40b6;
$custom-light: #8a76cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.119,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45895,
    "c": 0.17855,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40B6

secondary

#BFC68C

accent

#D850C8

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40B6

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

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