#4E40C6#4E40C6

#4E40C6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.199 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40C6
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(246, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 44.15, -67.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 81.00, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% 0.0356 -0.1957)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.199 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1651, 9.3626, 54.4232)
Luminance	0.0936 (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

#4E40C6 #B8C640

analogous

#4075C6 #4E40C6 #9140C6

triadic

#4E40C6 #C64E40 #40C64E

tetradic

#4E40C6 #C64075 #B8C640 #40C691

square

#4E40C6 #C64075 #B8C640 #40C691

split-complementary

#4E40C6 #C69140 #75C640

monochromatic

#28206C #392E9B #4E40C6 #7A6FD4 #A59EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#4E40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E40C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40C6

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40C6	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00637E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.199 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76d8',
    500: '#4e40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40c6;
$custom-light: #8d76d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.269,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47285,
    "c": 0.19887,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40C6

secondary

#C8CE93

accent

#DD4ACE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40C6

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

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