#4C42CE#4C42CE

#4C42CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.207 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42CE
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(244, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 45.25, -70.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 84.17, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% 0.0303 -0.2047)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.207 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0657, 9.8879, 59.4425)
Luminance	0.0989 (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

#4C42CE #C4CE42

analogous

#427ECE #4C42CE #9242CE

triadic

#4C42CE #CE4C42 #42CE4C

tetradic

#4C42CE #CE427E #C4CE42 #42CE92

square

#4C42CE #CE427E #C4CE42 #42CE92

split-complementary

#4C42CE #CE9242 #7ECE42

monochromatic

#251F77 #342BA7 #4C42CE #7A73DB #A8A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#4C42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4C42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42CE

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42CE	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.207 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d78de',
    500: '#4c42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42ce;
$custom-light: #8d78de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48156,
    "c": 0.20694,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42CE

secondary

#D0D498

accent

#E246D7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42CE

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

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