#4B42D5#4B42D5

#4B42D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.216 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B42D5
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.19, 47.34, -74.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.19, 87.95, 302.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.0281 -0.2139)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.216 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8562, 10.1950, 64.0174)
Luminance	0.1020 (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

#4B42D5 #CCD542

analogous

#4283D5 #4B42D5 #9442D5

triadic

#4B42D5 #D54B42 #42D54B

tetradic

#4B42D5 #D54283 #CCD542 #42D594

square

#4B42D5 #D54283 #CCD542 #42D594

split-complementary

#4B42D5 #D59442 #83D542

monochromatic

#231C80 #3028B2 #4B42D5 #7B74E0 #AAA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#4B42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#4B42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B42D5

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B42D5	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.216 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e3',
    500: '#4b42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b42d5;
$custom-light: #8e78e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.673,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48723,
    "c": 0.21577,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B42D5

secondary

#D5D89A

accent

#E741DD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B42D5

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

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