#4E40DC#4E40DC

#4E40DC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.226 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40DC
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(245, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(245, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.64, 51.02, -77.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.64, 92.69, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% 0.032 -0.2234)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.226 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8894, 10.4523, 68.7710)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.88

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E40DC #CEDC40

analogous

#4080DC #4E40DC #9C40DC

triadic

#4E40DC #DC4E40 #40DC4E

tetradic

#4E40DC #DC4080 #CEDC40 #40DC9C

square

#4E40DC #DC4080 #CEDC40 #40DC9C

split-complementary

#4E40DC #DC9C40 #80DC40

monochromatic

#231989 #3023BC #4E40DC #7E74E5 #AEA7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#4E40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#4E40DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40DC

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40DC	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.226 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9177e8',
    500: '#4e40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40dc;
$custom-light: #9177e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.385,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49296,
    "c": 0.22569,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40DC

secondary

#D7DC9B

accent

#EC3CDC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40DC

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