#4A42C8#4A42C8

#4A42C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.200 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42C8
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(244, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 43.05, -68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 80.99, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.0286 -0.1978)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.2 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1942, 9.5212, 55.6695)
Luminance	0.0952 (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

#4A42C8 #C0C842

analogous

#427DC8 #4A42C8 #8D42C8

triadic

#4A42C8 #C84A42 #42C84A

tetradic

#4A42C8 #C8427D #C0C842 #42C88D

square

#4A42C8 #C8427D #C0C842 #42C88D

split-complementary

#4A42C8 #C88D42 #7DC842

monochromatic

#25206F #352E9F #4A42C8 #7771D6 #A5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#4A42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4A42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42C8

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42C8	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.200 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b77da',
    500: '#4a42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42c8;
$custom-light: #8b77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.582,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47474,
    "c": 0.19987,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42C8

secondary

#CDD096

accent

#DE4AD5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42C8

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

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