#4C42CA#4C42CA

#4C42CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.202 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42CA
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(244, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 43.97, -69.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 82.01, 302.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.0309 -0.1996)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.202 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5860, 9.6960, 56.9158)
Luminance	0.0970 (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

#4C42CA #C0CA42

analogous

#427CCA #4C42CA #9042CA

triadic

#4C42CA #CA4C42 #42CA4C

tetradic

#4C42CA #CA427C #C0CA42 #42CA90

square

#4C42CA #CA427C #C0CA42 #42CA90

split-complementary

#4C42CA #CA9042 #7CCA42

monochromatic

#262072 #362DA2 #4C42CA #7972D7 #A7A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#4C42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4C42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42CA

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42CA	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.202 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c77db',
    500: '#4c42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42ca;
$custom-light: #8c77db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47798,
    "c": 0.20196,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42CA

secondary

#CDD196

accent

#DF48D4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42CA

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

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