#4642E1#4642E1

#4642E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.231 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4642E1
RGB	rgb(70, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.96, 50.57, -79.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.96, 94.43, 302.38°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% 0.0201 -0.2305)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.231 275)
XYZ	xyz(18.0601, 10.6331, 72.3202)
Luminance	0.1064 (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

#4642E1 #DDE142

analogous

#428EE1 #4642E1 #9542E1

triadic

#4642E1 #E14642 #42E146

tetradic

#4642E1 #E1428E #DDE142 #42E195

square

#4642E1 #E1428E #DDE142 #42E195

split-complementary

#4642E1 #E19542 #8EE142

monochromatic

#1A1792 #241FC6 #4642E1 #7A77E9 #ADACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#4642E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#4642E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4642E1

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4642E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4642E1	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4642e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.231 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78ec',
    500: '#4642e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4642e1;
$custom-light: #8e78ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4642e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.509,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49518,
    "c": 0.23139,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.10635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4642E1

secondary

#DEE09F

accent

#EF38EB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4642E1

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

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