#4A42D7#4A42D7

#4A42D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.218 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42D7
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(243, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.30, 47.85, -75.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.30, 89.04, 302.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% 0.0265 -0.2168)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.218 277)
XYZ	xyz(17.0340, 10.2571, 65.3590)
Luminance	0.1026 (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

#4A42D7 #CFD742

analogous

#4285D7 #4A42D7 #9442D7

triadic

#4A42D7 #D74A42 #42D74A

tetradic

#4A42D7 #D74285 #CFD742 #42D794

square

#4A42D7 #D74285 #CFD742 #42D794

split-complementary

#4A42D7 #D79442 #85D742

monochromatic

#211C83 #2E26B5 #4A42D7 #7A75E2 #ABA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#4A42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#4A42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42D7

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42D7	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.218 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e5',
    500: '#4a42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42d7;
$custom-light: #8e78e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.221,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48839,
    "c": 0.21842,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.10259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42D7

secondary

#D6DA9B

accent

#E840DF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42D7

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

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