#4A42DE#4A42DE

#4A42DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.227 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42DE
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(243, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(243, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.94, 50.07, -78.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.94, 92.73, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.0254 -0.2255)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.227 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9528, 10.6246, 70.1977)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.53

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A42DE #D6DE42

analogous

#4288DE #4A42DE #9842DE

triadic

#4A42DE #DE4A42 #42DE4A

tetradic

#4A42DE #DE4288 #D6DE42 #42DE98

square

#4A42DE #DE4288 #D6DE42 #42DE98

split-complementary

#4A42DE #DE9842 #88DE42

monochromatic

#1F198D #2A22C1 #4A42DE #7C76E7 #AEAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#4A42DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#4A42DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42DE

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42DE	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.227 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78ea',
    500: '#4a42de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42de;
$custom-light: #8f78ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49492,
    "c": 0.22689,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42DE

secondary

#DBDE9E

accent

#ED3BE4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42DE

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

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