#4A42DD#4A42DD

#4A42DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.226 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42DD
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(243, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(243, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.85, 49.75, -77.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.85, 92.20, 302.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.0256 -0.2242)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.226 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8191, 10.5712, 69.4940)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.45

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A42DD #D5DD42

analogous

#4288DD #4A42DD #9842DD

triadic

#4A42DD #DD4A42 #42DD4A

tetradic

#4A42DD #DD4288 #D5DD42 #42DD98

square

#4A42DD #DD4288 #D5DD42 #42DD98

split-complementary

#4A42DD #DD9842 #88DD42

monochromatic

#1F198C #2B22BF #4A42DD #7C76E6 #ADAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#4A42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#4A42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42DD

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42DD	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.226 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78e9',
    500: '#4a42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42dd;
$custom-light: #8f78e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.097,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49398,
    "c": 0.22568,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42DD

secondary

#DADD9D

accent

#EC3BE3

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42DD

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

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