#4E40C4#4E40C4

#4E40C4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.196 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40C4
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(246, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(246, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, 43.52, -67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 79.91, 303.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.11% 0.0359 -0.1931)
OKLCH	oklch(47.11% 0.196 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9359, 9.2709, 53.2163)
Luminance	0.0927 (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

#4E40C4 #B6C440

analogous

#4074C4 #4E40C4 #9040C4

triadic

#4E40C4 #C44E40 #40C44E

tetradic

#4E40C4 #C44074 #B6C440 #40C490

square

#4E40C4 #C44074 #B6C440 #40C490

split-complementary

#4E40C4 #C49040 #74C440

monochromatic

#282069 #3A2F98 #4E40C4 #796FD2 #A59EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#4E40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E40C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40C4

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40C4	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.196 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76d7',
    500: '#4e40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40c4;
$custom-light: #8c76d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47107,
    "c": 0.19637,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40C4

secondary

#C7CD93

accent

#DC4CCD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40C4

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

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