#4E40CE#4E40CE

#4E40CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.209 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40CE
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 46.66, -71.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 85.30, 303.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.0344 -0.2059)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.209 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1123, 9.7415, 59.4118)
Luminance	0.0974 (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

#4E40CE #C0CE40

analogous

#4079CE #4E40CE #9540CE

triadic

#4E40CE #CE4E40 #40CE4E

tetradic

#4E40CE #CE4079 #C0CE40 #40CE95

square

#4E40CE #CE4079 #C0CE40 #40CE95

split-complementary

#4E40CE #CE9540 #79CE40

monochromatic

#271E75 #372BA6 #4E40CE #7B71DA #A8A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#4E40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4E40CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40CE

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40CE	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.209 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76de',
    500: '#4e40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40ce;
$custom-light: #8e76de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.915,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48004,
    "c": 0.20876,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40CE

secondary

#CED496

accent

#E245D3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40CE

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

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