#4E40CB#4E40CB

#4E40CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.205 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40CB
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(246, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.11, 45.72, -70.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.11, 83.69, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.0348 -0.2021)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.205 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7513, 9.5971, 57.5107)
Luminance	0.0960 (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

#4E40CB #BDCB40

analogous

#4078CB #4E40CB #9340CB

triadic

#4E40CB #CB4E40 #40CB4E

tetradic

#4E40CB #CB4078 #BDCB40 #40CB93

square

#4E40CB #CB4078 #BDCB40 #40CB93

split-complementary

#4E40CB #CB9340 #78CB40

monochromatic

#271F72 #382CA2 #4E40CB #7B70D8 #A7A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#4E40CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4E40CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40CB

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40CB	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.205 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d76dc',
    500: '#4e40cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40cb;
$custom-light: #8d76dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.043,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47732,
    "c": 0.20507,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40CB

secondary

#CCD295

accent

#E047D1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40CB

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

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