#4A42DA#4A42DA

#4A42DA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.222 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42DA
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(243, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(243, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.57, 48.80, -76.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.57, 90.63, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(49.12% 0.026 -0.2205)
OKLCH	oklch(49.12% 0.222 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4230, 10.4127, 67.4078)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.23

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A42DA #D2DA42

analogous

#4286DA #4A42DA #9642DA

triadic

#4A42DA #DA4A42 #42DA4A

tetradic

#4A42DA #DA4286 #D2DA42 #42DA96

square

#4A42DA #DA4286 #D2DA42 #42DA96

split-complementary

#4A42DA #DA9642 #86DA42

monochromatic

#201A87 #2C24BA #4A42DA #7B75E4 #ACA8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#4A42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#4A42DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42DA

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42DA	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.222 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e7',
    500: '#4a42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42da;
$custom-light: #8e78e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49118,
    "c": 0.22206,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42DA

secondary

#D8DB9C

accent

#EA3EE1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42DA

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

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