#4A42D1#4A42D1

#4A42D1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.211 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42D1
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(243, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 45.94, -72.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 85.84, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.0274 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.211 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2771, 9.9544, 61.3728)
Luminance	0.0996 (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

#4A42D1 #C9D142

analogous

#4282D1 #4A42D1 #9242D1

triadic

#4A42D1 #D14A42 #42D14A

tetradic

#4A42D1 #D14282 #C9D142 #42D192

square

#4A42D1 #D14282 #C9D142 #42D192

split-complementary

#4A42D1 #D19242 #82D142

monochromatic

#231E7B #312AAC #4A42D1 #7973DD #A8A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#4A42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4A42D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42D1

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42D1	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.211 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c78e0',
    500: '#4a42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42d1;
$custom-light: #8c78e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.357,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48287,
    "c": 0.21107,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42D1

secondary

#D2D699

accent

#E444DB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42D1

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

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