#4E40D3#4E40D3

#4E40D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.215 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40D3
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(246, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(246, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 48.22, -73.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 87.96, 303.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.0336 -0.2122)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.215 279)
XYZ	xyz(16.7294, 9.9883, 62.6617)
Luminance	0.0999 (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

#4E40D3 #C5D340

analogous

#407CD3 #4E40D3 #9840D3

triadic

#4E40D3 #D34E40 #40D34E

tetradic

#4E40D3 #D3407C #C5D340 #40D398

square

#4E40D3 #D3407C #C5D340 #40D398

split-complementary

#4E40D3 #D39840 #7CD340

monochromatic

#261D7C #3528AE #4E40D3 #7C72DE #AAA3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#4E40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#4E40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40D3

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40D3	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.215 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f77e2',
    500: '#4e40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40d3;
$custom-light: #8f77e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4846,
    "c": 0.21487,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.0999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40D3

secondary

#D1D798

accent

#E642D6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40D3

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

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