#4E40D0#4E40D0

#4E40D0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.211 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40D0
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(246, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.55, 47.28, -72.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.55, 86.37, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.0341 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.211 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3568, 9.8393, 60.6995)
Luminance	0.0984 (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

#4E40D0 #C2D040

analogous

#407AD0 #4E40D0 #9640D0

triadic

#4E40D0 #D04E40 #40D04E

tetradic

#4E40D0 #D0407A #C2D040 #40D096

square

#4E40D0 #D0407A #C2D040 #40D096

split-complementary

#4E40D0 #D09640 #7AD040

monochromatic

#261E78 #362AA9 #4E40D0 #7C71DC #A9A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#4E40D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#4E40D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40D0

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40D0	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.211 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76e0',
    500: '#4e40d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40d0;
$custom-light: #8e76e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.833,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48186,
    "c": 0.21121,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40D0

secondary

#CFD597

accent

#E444D4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40D0

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

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