#4F40CE#4F40CE

#4F40CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.209 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F40CE
RGB	rgb(79, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 46.80, -71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 85.27, 303.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.0357 -0.2055)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.209 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1949, 9.7841, 59.4157)
Luminance	0.0979 (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

#4F40CE #BFCE40

analogous

#4078CE #4F40CE #9640CE

triadic

#4F40CE #CE4F40 #40CE4F

tetradic

#4F40CE #CE4078 #BFCE40 #40CE96

square

#4F40CE #CE4078 #BFCE40 #40CE96

split-complementary

#4F40CE #CE9640 #78CE40

monochromatic

#271E75 #382BA6 #4F40CE #7C71DA #A9A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#4F40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4F40CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F40CE

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F40CE	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.209 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76de',
    500: '#4f40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f40ce;
$custom-light: #8e76de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.338,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48079,
    "c": 0.20858,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F40CE

secondary

#CDD496

accent

#E245D2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F40CE

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

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