#4E40CD#4E40CD

#4E40CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.208 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40CD
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(246, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 46.35, -70.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 84.76, 303.15°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.0345 -0.2046)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.208 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9912, 9.6931, 58.7740)
Luminance	0.0969 (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

#4E40CD #BFCD40

analogous

#4079CD #4E40CD #9440CD

triadic

#4E40CD #CD4E40 #40CD4E

tetradic

#4E40CD #CD4079 #BFCD40 #40CD94

square

#4E40CD #CD4079 #BFCD40 #40CD94

split-complementary

#4E40CD #CD9440 #79CD40

monochromatic

#271E74 #372BA5 #4E40CD #7B71DA #A8A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#4E40CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4E40CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40CD

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40CD	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.208 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76dd',
    500: '#4e40cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40cd;
$custom-light: #8e76dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.957,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47913,
    "c": 0.20753,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40CD

secondary

#CDD396

accent

#E246D2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40CD

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

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