#4E40C1#4E40C1

#4E40C1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.193 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40C1
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 193)
HSL	hsl(247, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, 42.57, -65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 78.28, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(46.84% 0.0363 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(46.84% 0.193 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5979, 9.1357, 51.4359)
Luminance	0.0914 (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

#4E40C1 #B3C140

analogous

#4072C1 #4E40C1 #8F40C1

triadic

#4E40C1 #C14E40 #40C14E

tetradic

#4E40C1 #C14072 #B3C140 #40C18F

square

#4E40C1 #C14072 #B3C140 #40C18F

split-complementary

#4E40C1 #C18F40 #72C140

monochromatic

#282166 #3B3094 #4E40C1 #796ED0 #A49CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#4E40C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#4E40C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40C1

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40C1	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.193 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76d5',
    500: '#4e40c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40c1;
$custom-light: #8c76d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.512,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46843,
    "c": 0.1926,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40C1

secondary

#C5CB92

accent

#DA4DCB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40C1

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

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