#4A42D2#4A42D2

#4A42D2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.212 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42D2
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(243, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 46.26, -72.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 86.38, 302.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.0272 -0.2105)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.212 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4013, 10.0040, 62.0269)
Luminance	0.1001 (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

#4A42D2 #CAD242

analogous

#4282D2 #4A42D2 #9242D2

triadic

#4A42D2 #D24A42 #42D24A

tetradic

#4A42D2 #D24282 #CAD242 #42D292

square

#4A42D2 #D24282 #CAD242 #42D292

split-complementary

#4A42D2 #D29242 #82D242

monochromatic

#231E7C #3129AD #4A42D2 #7973DE #A9A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#4A42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#4A42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42D2

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42D2	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.212 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d78e1',
    500: '#4a42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42d2;
$custom-light: #8d78e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48378,
    "c": 0.2123,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42D2

secondary

#D3D799

accent

#E543DC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42D2

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

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