#42469A#42469A

#42469A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.135 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42469A
RGB	rgb(66, 70, 154)
HSL	hsl(237, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(237, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 54.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 23.85, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 52.37, 297.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.017 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.135 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2678, 7.8710, 31.5438)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42469A #9A9642

analogous

#42729A #42469A #6A429A

triadic

#42469A #9A4246 #469A42

tetradic

#42469A #9A4272 #9A9642 #429A6A

square

#42469A #9A4272 #9A9642 #429A6A

split-complementary

#42469A #9A6A42 #729A42

monochromatic

#1D1F44 #30336F #42469A #5F63BA #8A8DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#42469A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#42469A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42469A

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42469A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42469A	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13539D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42469a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 70, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.135 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e79b8',
    500: '#42469a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42469a;
$custom-light: #7e79b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42469a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43796,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42469A

secondary

#B8B580

accent

#CA58D0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42469A

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

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