#4C42D0#4C42D0

#4C42D0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.209 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42D0
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(244, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 45.88, -71.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 85.24, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.03 -0.2072)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.209 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3102, 9.9857, 60.7302)
Luminance	0.0999 (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

#4C42D0 #C6D042

analogous

#427FD0 #4C42D0 #9342D0

triadic

#4C42D0 #D04C42 #42D04C

tetradic

#4C42D0 #D0427F #C6D042 #42D093

square

#4C42D0 #D0427F #C6D042 #42D093

split-complementary

#4C42D0 #D09342 #7FD042

monochromatic

#251E79 #332AAA #4C42D0 #7A73DC #A9A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#4C42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#4C42D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42D0

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42D0	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.209 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d78e0',
    500: '#4c42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42d0;
$custom-light: #8d78e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.225,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48337,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42D0

secondary

#D1D599

accent

#E344D8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42D0

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

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