#4F40DC#4F40DC

#4F40DC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.226 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F40DC
RGB	rgb(79, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(246, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(246, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.72, 51.14, -77.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.72, 92.65, 303.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.37% 0.0333 -0.223)
OKLCH	oklch(49.37% 0.226 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9720, 10.4949, 68.7749)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F40DC #CDDC40

analogous

#407FDC #4F40DC #9D40DC

triadic

#4F40DC #DC4F40 #40DC4F

tetradic

#4F40DC #DC407F #CDDC40 #40DC9D

square

#4F40DC #DC407F #CDDC40 #40DC9D

split-complementary

#4F40DC #DC9D40 #7FDC40

monochromatic

#241989 #3123BC #4F40DC #7F74E5 #AEA7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#4F40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#4F40DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F40DC

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F40DC	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	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: #4f40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.226 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9177e8',
    500: '#4f40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f40dc;
$custom-light: #9177e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49368,
    "c": 0.2255,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F40DC

secondary

#D6DC9B

accent

#EC3CDB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F40DC

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