#4A42CE#4A42CE

#4A42CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.207 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42CE
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(243, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 44.98, -71.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 84.23, 302.27°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% 0.0278 -0.2055)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.207 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9092, 9.8072, 59.4351)
Luminance	0.0981 (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

#4A42CE #C6CE42

analogous

#4280CE #4A42CE #9042CE

triadic

#4A42CE #CE4A42 #42CE4A

tetradic

#4A42CE #CE4280 #C6CE42 #42CE90

square

#4A42CE #CE4280 #C6CE42 #42CE90

split-complementary

#4A42CE #CE9042 #80CE42

monochromatic

#241F77 #322BA7 #4A42CE #7973DB #A7A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#4A42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4A42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42CE

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42CE	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.207 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c77de',
    500: '#4a42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42ce;
$custom-light: #8c77de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48014,
    "c": 0.20736,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42CE

secondary

#D1D498

accent

#E246D9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42CE

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

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