#4E40CF#4E40CF

#4E40CF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.210 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40CF
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(246, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 46.97, -71.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 85.83, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.0342 -0.2072)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.21 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2342, 9.7902, 60.0536)
Luminance	0.0979 (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

#4E40CF #C1CF40

analogous

#4079CF #4E40CF #9540CF

triadic

#4E40CF #CF4E40 #40CF4E

tetradic

#4E40CF #CF4079 #C1CF40 #40CF95

square

#4E40CF #CF4079 #C1CF40 #40CF95

split-complementary

#4E40CF #CF9540 #79CF40

monochromatic

#271E77 #362AA8 #4E40CF #7B71DB #A9A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#4E40CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4E40CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40CF

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40CF	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.210 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76df',
    500: '#4e40cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40cf;
$custom-light: #8e76df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.874,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48095,
    "c": 0.20999,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40CF

secondary

#CED497

accent

#E345D4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40CF

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

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