#4E40D5#4E40D5

#4E40D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.217 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40D5
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(246, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(246, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 48.84, -74.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 89.02, 303.28°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.0332 -0.2147)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.217 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9817, 10.0892, 63.9904)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.31

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E40D5 #C7D540

analogous

#407CD5 #4E40D5 #9940D5

triadic

#4E40D5 #D54E40 #40D54E

tetradic

#4E40D5 #D5407C #C7D540 #40D599

square

#4E40D5 #D5407C #C7D540 #40D599

split-complementary

#4E40D5 #D59940 #7CD540

monochromatic

#251C7F #3427B1 #4E40D5 #7C72E0 #ABA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#4E40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#4E40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40D5

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40D5	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.217 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f77e3',
    500: '#4e40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40d5;
$custom-light: #8f77e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.638,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48645,
    "c": 0.21729,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40D5

secondary

#D2D899

accent

#E741D7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40D5

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

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