#4A42AC#4A42AC

#4A42AC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.163 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42AC
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(245, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(245, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 61.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.66, 33.96, -55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.66, 65.39, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% 0.0312 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.163 281)
XYZ	xyz(12.2163, 8.3300, 39.9859)
Luminance	0.0833 (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

#4A42AC #A4AC42

analogous

#426FAC #4A42AC #7F42AC

triadic

#4A42AC #AC4A42 #42AC4A

tetradic

#4A42AC #AC426F #A4AC42 #42AC7F

square

#4A42AC #AC426F #A4AC42 #42AC7F

split-complementary

#4A42AC #AC7F42 #6FAC42

monochromatic

#242054 #373180 #4A42AC #6E67C5 #9893D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#4A42AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4A42AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42AC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42AC	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.163 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677c6',
    500: '#4a42ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42ac;
$custom-light: #8677c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.528,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45077,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.08331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42AC

secondary

#BDC189

accent

#D454CB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42AC

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

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