#4A42AA#4A42AA

#4A42AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.161 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42AA
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 170)
HSL	hsl(245, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(245, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 61.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.51, 33.31, -54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.51, 64.25, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.0313 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.161 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0257, 8.2538, 38.9819)
Luminance	0.0825 (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

#4A42AA #A2AA42

analogous

#426EAA #4A42AA #7E42AA

triadic

#4A42AA #AA4A42 #42AA4A

tetradic

#4A42AA #AA426E #A2AA42 #42AA7E

square

#4A42AA #AA426E #A2AA42 #42AA7E

split-complementary

#4A42AA #AA7E42 #6EAA42

monochromatic

#242052 #37317E #4A42AA #6D66C3 #9792D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#4A42AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4A42AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42AA

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42AA	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#195B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.161 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677c4',
    500: '#4a42aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42aa;
$custom-light: #8677c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44915,
    "c": 0.16076,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42AA

secondary

#BCC088

accent

#D454CA

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42AA

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

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