#4E40C5#4E40C5

#4E40C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.198 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40C5
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(246, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, 43.83, -67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 80.45, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.2% 0.0357 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(47.2% 0.198 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0501, 9.3166, 53.8177)
Luminance	0.0932 (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

#4E40C5 #B7C540

analogous

#4074C5 #4E40C5 #9040C5

triadic

#4E40C5 #C54E40 #40C54E

tetradic

#4E40C5 #C54074 #B7C540 #40C590

square

#4E40C5 #C54074 #B7C540 #40C590

split-complementary

#4E40C5 #C59040 #74C540

monochromatic

#28206A #3A2F99 #4E40C5 #7A6FD3 #A59EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4E40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4E40C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40C5

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40C5	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00637D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.198 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76d8',
    500: '#4e40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40c5;
$custom-light: #8c76d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47196,
    "c": 0.19762,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40C5

secondary

#C8CE93

accent

#DD4BCD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40C5

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

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