#4E40D6#4E40D6

#4E40D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.218 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40D6
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(246, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(246, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 49.15, -74.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 89.54, 303.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% 0.0331 -0.216)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.219 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1090, 10.1402, 64.6609)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.38

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E40D6 #C8D640

analogous

#407DD6 #4E40D6 #9940D6

triadic

#4E40D6 #D64E40 #40D64E

tetradic

#4E40D6 #D6407D #C8D640 #40D699

square

#4E40D6 #D6407D #C8D640 #40D699

split-complementary

#4E40D6 #D69940 #7DD640

monochromatic

#251B80 #3326B2 #4E40D6 #7D72E1 #ABA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#4E40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#4E40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40D6

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40D6	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.218 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f77e4',
    500: '#4e40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40d6;
$custom-light: #8f77e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48737,
    "c": 0.2185,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40D6

secondary

#D3D999

accent

#E840D8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40D6

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

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