#42469C#42469C

#42469C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.137 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42469C
RGB	rgb(66, 70, 156)
HSL	hsl(237, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(237, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 55.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 24.54, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 53.56, 297.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.0171 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.137 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4358, 7.9381, 32.4283)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42469C #9C9842

analogous

#42739C #42469C #6B429C

triadic

#42469C #9C4246 #469C42

tetradic

#42469C #9C4273 #9C9842 #429C6B

square

#42469C #9C4273 #9C9842 #429C6B

split-complementary

#42469C #9C6B42 #739C42

monochromatic

#1E1F46 #303371 #42469C #6064BC #8B8ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#42469C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#42469C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42469C

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42469C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42469C	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F539F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E5A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42469c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 70, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.137 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f79ba',
    500: '#42469c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42469c;
$custom-light: #7f79ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42469c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43947,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42469C

secondary

#B9B681

accent

#CB57D0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42469C

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

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