#4E40BE#4E40BE

#4E40BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.189 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40BE
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(247, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.99, 41.63, -64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.99, 76.63, 302.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.58% 0.0366 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(46.58% 0.189 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2666, 9.0032, 49.6912)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.40

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E40BE #B0BE40

analogous

#4071BE #4E40BE #8D40BE

triadic

#4E40BE #BE4E40 #40BE4E

tetradic

#4E40BE #BE4071 #B0BE40 #40BE8D

square

#4E40BE #BE4071 #B0BE40 #40BE8D

split-complementary

#4E40BE #BE8D40 #71BE40

monochromatic

#282162 #3B3190 #4E40BE #786DCE #A29BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#4E40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#4E40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40BE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40BE	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.189 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b76d3',
    500: '#4e40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40be;
$custom-light: #8b76d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46581,
    "c": 0.1888,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40BE

secondary

#C3C990

accent

#D94FCA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40BE

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

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