#4A44E1#4A44E1

#4A44E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.228 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A44E1
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 225)
HSL	hsl(242, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 49.90, -78.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 93.14, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.0237 -0.2272)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.228 276)
XYZ	xyz(18.4773, 11.0247, 72.3738)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A44E1 #DBE144

analogous

#448DE1 #4A44E1 #9944E1

triadic

#4A44E1 #E14A44 #44E14A

tetradic

#4A44E1 #E1448D #DBE144 #44E199

square

#4A44E1 #E1448D #DBE144 #44E199

split-complementary

#4A44E1 #E19944 #8DE144

monochromatic

#1C1893 #2620C8 #4A44E1 #7D79E9 #B0ADF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#4A44E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#4A44E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A44E1

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A44E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A44E1	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a44e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.228 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f79ec',
    500: '#4a44e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a44e1;
$custom-light: #8f79ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a44e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.293,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50063,
    "c": 0.22843,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.11026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A44E1

secondary

#DEE0A1

accent

#EF39E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A44E1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →