#4A42C5#4A42C5

#4A42C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.196 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42C5
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(244, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, 42.08, -67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 79.35, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.029 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.196 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8471, 9.3823, 53.8411)
Luminance	0.0938 (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

#4A42C5 #BDC542

analogous

#427CC5 #4A42C5 #8C42C5

triadic

#4A42C5 #C54A42 #42C54A

tetradic

#4A42C5 #C5427C #BDC542 #42C58C

square

#4A42C5 #C5427C #BDC542 #42C58C

split-complementary

#4A42C5 #C58C42 #7CC542

monochromatic

#26216C #362F9A #4A42C5 #7771D3 #A4A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#4A42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4A42C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42C5

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42C5	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.196 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a77d8',
    500: '#4a42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42c5;
$custom-light: #8a77d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.664,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47207,
    "c": 0.19607,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42C5

secondary

#CBCE95

accent

#DC4BD4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42C5

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

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