#4B42CE#4B42CE

#4B42CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.207 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B42CE
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(244, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 45.11, -71.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 84.20, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.09% 0.0291 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(48.09% 0.207 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9869, 9.8472, 59.4388)
Luminance	0.0985 (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

#4B42CE #C5CE42

analogous

#427FCE #4B42CE #9142CE

triadic

#4B42CE #CE4B42 #42CE4B

tetradic

#4B42CE #CE427F #C5CE42 #42CE91

square

#4B42CE #CE427F #C5CE42 #42CE91

split-complementary

#4B42CE #CE9142 #7FCE42

monochromatic

#241F77 #332BA7 #4B42CE #7973DB #A8A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#4B42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#4B42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B42CE

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B42CE	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.207 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c78de',
    500: '#4b42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b42ce;
$custom-light: #8c78de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48085,
    "c": 0.20715,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B42CE

secondary

#D0D498

accent

#E246D8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B42CE

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

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