#4F40DE#4F40DE

#4F40DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.228 H 278.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F40DE
RGB	rgb(79, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(246, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(246, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.90, 51.75, -78.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.90, 93.69, 303.53°)
OKLab	oklab(49.56% 0.033 -0.2255)
OKLCH	oklch(49.56% 0.228 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2384, 10.6015, 70.1782)
Luminance	0.1060 (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

#4F40DE #CFDE40

analogous

#4080DE #4F40DE #9E40DE

triadic

#4F40DE #DE4F40 #40DE4F

tetradic

#4F40DE #DE4080 #CFDE40 #40DE9E

square

#4F40DE #DE4080 #CFDE40 #40DE9E

split-complementary

#4F40DE #DE9E40 #80DE40

monochromatic

#23188B #3021C0 #4F40DE #7F74E7 #AFA8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#4F40DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#4F40DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F40DE

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F40DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F40DE	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f40de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.228 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9177ea',
    500: '#4f40de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f40de;
$custom-light: #9177ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f40de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.696,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49555,
    "c": 0.22786,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F40DE

secondary

#D7DE9C

accent

#ED3ADC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F40DE

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

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