#4A42D3#4A42D3

#4A42D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.214 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42D3
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(243, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, 46.58, -73.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 86.91, 302.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% 0.0271 -0.2118)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.214 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5263, 10.0540, 62.6851)
Luminance	0.1006 (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

#4A42D3 #CBD342

analogous

#4283D3 #4A42D3 #9242D3

triadic

#4A42D3 #D34A42 #42D34A

tetradic

#4A42D3 #D34283 #CBD342 #42D392

square

#4A42D3 #D34283 #CBD342 #42D392

split-complementary

#4A42D3 #D39242 #83D342

monochromatic

#231D7D #3029AF #4A42D3 #7A74DF #A9A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#4A42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#4A42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42D3

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42D3	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.214 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d78e2',
    500: '#4a42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42d3;
$custom-light: #8d78e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.31,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4847,
    "c": 0.21353,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42D3

secondary

#D4D79A

accent

#E542DC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42D3

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

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