#4542C8#4542C8

#4542C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.201 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4542C8
RGB	rgb(69, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(241, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(241, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 42.36, -69.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 81.13, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(47.13% 0.0224 -0.1997)
OKLCH	oklch(47.13% 0.201 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8244, 9.3305, 55.6521)
Luminance	0.0933 (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

#4542C8 #C5C842

analogous

#4282C8 #4542C8 #8842C8

triadic

#4542C8 #C84542 #42C845

tetradic

#4542C8 #C84282 #C5C842 #42C888

square

#4542C8 #C84282 #C5C842 #42C888

split-complementary

#4542C8 #C88842 #82C842

monochromatic

#22206F #312E9F #4542C8 #7471D6 #A2A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4542C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4542C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4542C8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4542C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4542C8	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4542c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.201 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8877da',
    500: '#4542c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4542c8;
$custom-light: #8877da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4542c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.343,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47125,
    "c": 0.20094,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4542C8

secondary

#CFD096

accent

#DE4ADB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4542C8

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

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