#4A42CB#4A42CB

#4A42CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.204 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42CB
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(244, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, 44.01, -69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 82.61, 302.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.0282 -0.2017)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.204 278)
XYZ	xyz(15.5483, 9.6628, 57.5341)
Luminance	0.0966 (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

#4A42CB #C3CB42

analogous

#427ECB #4A42CB #8F42CB

triadic

#4A42CB #CB4A42 #42CB4A

tetradic

#4A42CB #CB427E #C3CB42 #42CB8F

square

#4A42CB #CB427E #C3CB42 #42CB8F

split-complementary

#4A42CB #CB8F42 #7ECB42

monochromatic

#242073 #342DA3 #4A42CB #7872D8 #A6A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#4A42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4A42CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42CB

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42CB	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.204 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b77dc',
    500: '#4a42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42cb;
$custom-light: #8b77dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.504,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47743,
    "c": 0.20362,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.09664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42CB

secondary

#CFD297

accent

#E048D7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42CB

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

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