#4742C8#4742C8

#4742C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.200 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4742C8
RGB	rgb(71, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(242, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 42.63, -68.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 81.08, 301.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.26% 0.0248 -0.1989)
OKLCH	oklch(47.26% 0.2 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9687, 9.4049, 55.6589)
Luminance	0.0941 (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

#4742C8 #C3C842

analogous

#4280C8 #4742C8 #8A42C8

triadic

#4742C8 #C84742 #42C847

tetradic

#4742C8 #C84280 #C3C842 #42C88A

square

#4742C8 #C84280 #C3C842 #42C88A

split-complementary

#4742C8 #C88A42 #80C842

monochromatic

#23206F #322E9F #4742C8 #7571D6 #A3A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#4742C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4742C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4742C8

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4742C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4742C8	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4742c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.200 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8977da',
    500: '#4742c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4742c8;
$custom-light: #8977da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4742c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47262,
    "c": 0.20049,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4742C8

secondary

#CED096

accent

#DE4AD9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4742C8

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

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