#4E40D1#4E40D1

#4E40D1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.212 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40D1
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(246, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 47.60, -72.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 86.90, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.0339 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.212 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4802, 9.8887, 61.3495)
Luminance	0.0989 (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

#4E40D1 #C3D140

analogous

#407AD1 #4E40D1 #9640D1

triadic

#4E40D1 #D14E40 #40D14E

tetradic

#4E40D1 #D1407A #C3D140 #40D196

square

#4E40D1 #D1407A #C3D140 #40D196

split-complementary

#4E40D1 #D19640 #7AD140

monochromatic

#261D79 #3629AB #4E40D1 #7C71DD #A9A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#4E40D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4E40D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40D1

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40D1	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.212 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f76e0',
    500: '#4e40d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40d1;
$custom-light: #8f76e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.793,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48277,
    "c": 0.21243,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40D1

secondary

#CFD597

accent

#E444D5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40D1

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

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