#4E40C2#4E40C2

#4E40C2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.194 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40C2
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(246, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 42.89, -66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 78.82, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.93% 0.0361 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(46.93% 0.194 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7098, 9.1805, 52.0253)
Luminance	0.0918 (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

#4E40C2 #B4C240

analogous

#4073C2 #4E40C2 #8F40C2

triadic

#4E40C2 #C24E40 #40C24E

tetradic

#4E40C2 #C24073 #B4C240 #40C28F

square

#4E40C2 #C24073 #B4C240 #40C28F

split-complementary

#4E40C2 #C28F40 #73C240

monochromatic

#282167 #3B3095 #4E40C2 #796ED1 #A49DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#4E40C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E40C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40C2

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40C2	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.194 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76d5',
    500: '#4e40c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40c2;
$custom-light: #8c76d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.462,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46931,
    "c": 0.19385,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40C2

secondary

#C6CC92

accent

#DB4DCC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40C2

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

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