#4E40E2#4E40E2

#4E40E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.233 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40E2
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(245, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(245, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.20, 52.87, -79.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.20, 95.80, 303.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.0309 -0.2307)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.233 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6983, 10.7759, 73.0313)
Luminance	0.1078 (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

#4E40E2 #D4E240

analogous

#4083E2 #4E40E2 #9F40E2

triadic

#4E40E2 #E24E40 #40E24E

tetradic

#4E40E2 #E24083 #D4E240 #40E29F

square

#4E40E2 #E24083 #D4E240 #40E29F

split-complementary

#4E40E2 #E29F40 #83E240

monochromatic

#211692 #2D1EC7 #4E40E2 #7F75EA #B0AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#4E40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#4E40E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40E2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40E2	1.00	6.66	3.16	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.233 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9277ec',
    500: '#4e40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40e2;
$custom-light: #9277ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.185,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49862,
    "c": 0.23281,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40E2

secondary

#DAE09E

accent

#F038E0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40E2

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

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