#4E40C3#4E40C3

#4E40C3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.195 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40C3
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(246, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 43.20, -66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 79.37, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.02% 0.036 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(47.02% 0.195 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8225, 9.2256, 52.6188)
Luminance	0.0923 (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

#4E40C3 #B5C340

analogous

#4073C3 #4E40C3 #8F40C3

triadic

#4E40C3 #C34E40 #40C34E

tetradic

#4E40C3 #C34073 #B5C340 #40C38F

square

#4E40C3 #C34073 #B5C340 #40C38F

split-complementary

#4E40C3 #C38F40 #73C340

monochromatic

#282168 #3A2F97 #4E40C3 #796FD2 #A49DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#4E40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E40C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40C3

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40C3	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.195 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76d6',
    500: '#4e40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40c3;
$custom-light: #8c76d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.412,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47019,
    "c": 0.19512,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40C3

secondary

#C6CC92

accent

#DC4CCC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40C3

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

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