#4E40C9#4E40C9

#4E40C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.203 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40C9
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(246, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 45.09, -69.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 82.62, 303.08°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% 0.0351 -0.1995)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.203 280)
XYZ	xyz(15.5146, 9.5024, 56.2636)
Luminance	0.0950 (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

#4E40C9 #BBC940

analogous

#4077C9 #4E40C9 #9240C9

triadic

#4E40C9 #C94E40 #40C94E

tetradic

#4E40C9 #C94077 #BBC940 #40C992

square

#4E40C9 #C94077 #BBC940 #40C992

split-complementary

#4E40C9 #C99240 #77C940

monochromatic

#281F6F #392D9F #4E40C9 #7A70D6 #A69FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#4E40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4E40C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40C9

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40C9	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.203 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76db',
    500: '#4e40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40c9;
$custom-light: #8d76db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.131,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47552,
    "c": 0.2026,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.09504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40C9

secondary

#CAD094

accent

#DF49D0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40C9

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

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