#4A42D4#4A42D4

#4A42D4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.215 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42D4
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(243, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 46.89, -73.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 87.45, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% 0.027 -0.2131)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.215 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6521, 10.1043, 63.3474)
Luminance	0.1011 (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

#4A42D4 #CCD442

analogous

#4283D4 #4A42D4 #9342D4

triadic

#4A42D4 #D44A42 #42D44A

tetradic

#4A42D4 #D44283 #CCD442 #42D493

square

#4A42D4 #D44283 #CCD442 #42D493

split-complementary

#4A42D4 #D49342 #83D442

monochromatic

#221D7F #3028B1 #4A42D4 #7A74DF #A9A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#4A42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#4A42D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42D4

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42D4	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.215 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d78e2',
    500: '#4a42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42d4;
$custom-light: #8d78e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.288,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48562,
    "c": 0.21476,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42D4

secondary

#D4D89A

accent

#E642DD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42D4

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

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