#4A42CC#4A42CC

#4A42CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.205 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42CC
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(243, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 44.33, -70.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 83.16, 302.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.0281 -0.2029)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.205 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6678, 9.7106, 58.1637)
Luminance	0.0971 (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

#4A42CC #C4CC42

analogous

#427FCC #4A42CC #8F42CC

triadic

#4A42CC #CC4A42 #42CC4A

tetradic

#4A42CC #CC427F #C4CC42 #42CC8F

square

#4A42CC #CC427F #C4CC42 #42CC8F

split-complementary

#4A42CC #CC8F42 #7FCC42

monochromatic

#241F74 #332CA4 #4A42CC #7872D9 #A6A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#4A42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4A42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42CC

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42CC	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.205 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c77dd',
    500: '#4a42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42cc;
$custom-light: #8c77dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47833,
    "c": 0.20487,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42CC

secondary

#CFD397

accent

#E147D8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42CC

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

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