#4B42DA#4B42DA

#4B42DA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.222 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B42DA
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(244, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.64, 48.92, -76.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.64, 90.59, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.19% 0.0273 -0.2202)
OKLCH	oklch(49.19% 0.222 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5006, 10.4527, 67.4114)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B42DA #D1DA42

analogous

#4285DA #4B42DA #9742DA

triadic

#4B42DA #DA4B42 #42DA4B

tetradic

#4B42DA #DA4285 #D1DA42 #42DA97

square

#4B42DA #DA4285 #D1DA42 #42DA97

split-complementary

#4B42DA #DA9742 #85DA42

monochromatic

#211A87 #2D24BA #4B42DA #7C75E4 #ACA8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#4B42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#4B42DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B42DA

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B42DA	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.222 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78e7',
    500: '#4b42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b42da;
$custom-light: #8f78e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.553,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49186,
    "c": 0.22184,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B42DA

secondary

#D8DB9C

accent

#EA3EE0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B42DA

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

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