#4A42C9#4A42C9

#4A42C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.201 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42C9
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(244, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 43.37, -69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 81.53, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.0285 -0.1991)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.201 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3115, 9.5681, 56.2870)
Luminance	0.0957 (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

#4A42C9 #C1C942

analogous

#427DC9 #4A42C9 #8E42C9

triadic

#4A42C9 #C94A42 #42C94A

tetradic

#4A42C9 #C9427D #C1C942 #42C98E

square

#4A42C9 #C9427D #C1C942 #42C98E

split-complementary

#4A42C9 #C98E42 #7DC942

monochromatic

#252070 #352EA0 #4A42C9 #7872D7 #A5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#4A42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4A42C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42C9

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42C9	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.201 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b77db',
    500: '#4a42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42c9;
$custom-light: #8b77db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47563,
    "c": 0.20111,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42C9

secondary

#CDD196

accent

#DF49D6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42C9

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

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