#4B42D7#4B42D7

#4B42D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.218 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B42D7
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(244, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.37, 47.97, -74.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.37, 89.01, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% 0.0277 -0.2164)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.218 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1116, 10.2971, 65.3626)
Luminance	0.1030 (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

#4B42D7 #CED742

analogous

#4284D7 #4B42D7 #9542D7

triadic

#4B42D7 #D74B42 #42D74B

tetradic

#4B42D7 #D74284 #CED742 #42D795

square

#4B42D7 #D74284 #CED742 #42D795

split-complementary

#4B42D7 #D79542 #84D742

monochromatic

#221C83 #2F26B5 #4B42D7 #7B75E2 #ABA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#4B42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#4B42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B42D7

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B42D7	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.218 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e5',
    500: '#4b42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b42d7;
$custom-light: #8e78e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.624,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48907,
    "c": 0.21821,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B42D7

secondary

#D6DA9B

accent

#E840DE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B42D7

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

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