#4C42C8#4C42C8

#4C42C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.199 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42C8
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(244, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(244, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 43.33, -68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 80.93, 302.37°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.0311 -0.197)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.199 279)
XYZ	xyz(15.3507, 9.6019, 55.6768)
Luminance	0.0960 (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

#4C42C8 #BEC842

analogous

#427BC8 #4C42C8 #8F42C8

triadic

#4C42C8 #C84C42 #42C84C

tetradic

#4C42C8 #C8427B #BEC842 #42C88F

square

#4C42C8 #C8427B #BEC842 #42C88F

split-complementary

#4C42C8 #C88F42 #7BC842

monochromatic

#26206F #372E9F #4C42C8 #7971D6 #A6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#4C42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4C42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42C8

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42C8	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.199 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c77da',
    500: '#4c42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42c8;
$custom-light: #8c77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.478,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47619,
    "c": 0.19946,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.09603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42C8

secondary

#CCD096

accent

#DE4AD3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42C8

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

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