#4A42EA#4A42EA

#4A42EA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.241 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A42EA
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(243, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(243, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.07, 53.83, -83.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.07, 98.95, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.0234 -0.24)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.241 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6187, 11.2910, 78.9714)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A42EA #E2EA42

analogous

#428EEA #4A42EA #9E42EA

triadic

#4A42EA #EA4A42 #42EA4A

tetradic

#4A42EA #EA428E #E2EA42 #42EA9E

square

#4A42EA #EA428E #E2EA42 #42EA9E

split-complementary

#4A42EA #EA9E42 #8EEA42

monochromatic

#1912A0 #2118D7 #4A42EA #7F79F0 #B3B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#4A42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#4A42EA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A42EA

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A42EA	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.241 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9178f2',
    500: '#4a42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a42ea;
$custom-light: #9178f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50634,
    "c": 0.24113,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A42EA

secondary

#E2E5A3

accent

#F631ED

background

#F9F7FF

surface

#F2EDFE

border

#CCC8D6

text

#0F0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A42EA

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

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