#4A42A2#4A42A2

#4A42A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.150 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42A2
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(245, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(245, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 30.71, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 59.64, 301.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.0315 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.15 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2918, 7.9602, 35.1169)
Luminance	0.0796 (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

#4A42A2 #9AA242

analogous

#426AA2 #4A42A2 #7A42A2

triadic

#4A42A2 #A24A42 #42A24A

tetradic

#4A42A2 #A2426A #9AA242 #42A27A

square

#4A42A2 #A2426A #9AA242 #42A27A

split-complementary

#4A42A2 #A27A42 #6AA242

monochromatic

#221F4B #363077 #4A42A2 #6A62BF #938ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#4A42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4A42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42A2

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42A2	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23586B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.150 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8476be',
    500: '#4a42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42a2;
$custom-light: #8476be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44277,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42A2

secondary

#B7BC84

accent

#D256C8

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42A2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →