#4A44DD#4A44DD

#4A44DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.224 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A44DD
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 221)
HSL	hsl(242, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.26, 48.63, -76.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.26, 91.03, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.0243 -0.2223)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.224 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9380, 10.8090, 69.5336)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.84

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A44DD #D7DD44

analogous

#448BDD #4A44DD #9744DD

triadic

#4A44DD #DD4A44 #44DD4A

tetradic

#4A44DD #DD448B #D7DD44 #44DD97

square

#4A44DD #DD448B #D7DD44 #44DD97

split-complementary

#4A44DD #DD9744 #8BDD44

monochromatic

#1E1A8D #2923C1 #4A44DD #7C78E6 #AEACF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#4A44DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#4A44DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A44DD

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A44DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A44DD	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a44dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.224 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f79e9',
    500: '#4a44dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a44dd;
$custom-light: #8f79e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a44dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.353,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49691,
    "c": 0.22359,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A44DD

secondary

#DBDE9F

accent

#EC3CE5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A44DD

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

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