#4E40FF#4E40FF

#4E40FF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.266 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E40FF
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 255)
HSL	hsl(244, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(244, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 61.64, -91.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 110.43, 303.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.0252 -0.2649)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.266 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0193, 12.5043, 95.7888)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E40FF #F1FF40

analogous

#4091FF #4E40FF #AE40FF

triadic

#4E40FF #FF4E40 #40FF4E

tetradic

#4E40FF #FF4091 #F1FF40 #40FFAE

square

#4E40FF #FF4091 #F1FF40 #40FFAE

split-complementary

#4E40FF #FFAE40 #91FF40

monochromatic

#0E00C5 #1503FF #4E40FF #877DFF #BFBAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#4E40FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#4E40FF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E40FF

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E40FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E40FF	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00789E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e40ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.266 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9778ff',
    500: '#4e40ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e40ff;
$custom-light: #9778ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e40ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.398,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52685,
    "c": 0.26612,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E40FF

secondary

#EBF0AB

accent

#E600D5

background

#FAF7FF

surface

#F4EDFF

border

#CEC8D7

text

#100918

muted

#7F7B86

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E40FF

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

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