#4C42BE#4C42BE

#4C42BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.187 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42BE
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(245, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(245, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.27, 40.13, -63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.27, 75.45, 302.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% 0.0323 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.187 280)
XYZ	xyz(14.2200, 9.1496, 49.7219)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.36

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C42BE #B4BE42

analogous

#4276BE #4C42BE #8A42BE

triadic

#4C42BE #BE4C42 #42BE4C

tetradic

#4C42BE #BE4276 #B4BE42 #42BE8A

square

#4C42BE #BE4276 #B4BE42 #42BE8A

split-complementary

#4C42BE #BE8A42 #76BE42

monochromatic

#272263 #3A3291 #4C42BE #7770CE #A29DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#4C42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#4C42BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42BE

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42BE	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.187 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a77d3',
    500: '#4c42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42be;
$custom-light: #8a77d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46744,
    "c": 0.18675,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.09151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42BE

secondary

#C5CA92

accent

#D84FCD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42BE

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

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