#4A42B8#4A42B8

#4A42B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.179 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42B8
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 184)
HSL	hsl(244, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(244, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 64.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.62, 37.87, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.62, 72.17, 301.65°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% 0.0303 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.179 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4212, 8.8120, 46.3317)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.89

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A42B8 #B0B842

analogous

#4275B8 #4A42B8 #8542B8

triadic

#4A42B8 #B84A42 #42B84A

tetradic

#4A42B8 #B84275 #B0B842 #42B885

square

#4A42B8 #B84275 #B0B842 #42B885

split-complementary

#4A42B8 #B88542 #75B842

monochromatic

#26225E #38328B #4A42B8 #736DCB #9E9ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#4A42B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4A42B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42B8

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42B8	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.179 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8877ce',
    500: '#4a42b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42b8;
$custom-light: #8877ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.068,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46078,
    "c": 0.17936,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42B8

secondary

#C3C78F

accent

#D751CE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0C0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42B8

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

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