#4E40C7#4E40C7

#4E40C7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.200 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40C7
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(246, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 44.46, -68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 81.54, 303.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% 0.0354 -0.1969)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.2 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2808, 9.4089, 55.0326)
Luminance	0.0941 (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

#4E40C7 #B9C740

analogous

#4076C7 #4E40C7 #9240C7

triadic

#4E40C7 #C74E40 #40C74E

tetradic

#4E40C7 #C74076 #B9C740 #40C792

square

#4E40C7 #C74076 #B9C740 #40C792

split-complementary

#4E40C7 #C79240 #76C740

monochromatic

#28206D #392E9C #4E40C7 #7A6FD5 #A69FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#4E40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4E40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40C7

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40C7	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00637E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.200 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76d9',
    500: '#4e40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40c7;
$custom-light: #8d76d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47374,
    "c": 0.20011,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40C7

secondary

#C9CF94

accent

#DE4ACF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40C7

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

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