#4C42D5#4C42D5

#4C42D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.216 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42D5
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.26, 47.47, -74.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.26, 87.91, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% 0.0293 -0.2136)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.216 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9351, 10.2356, 64.0211)
Luminance	0.1024 (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

#4C42D5 #CBD542

analogous

#4281D5 #4C42D5 #9642D5

triadic

#4C42D5 #D54C42 #42D54C

tetradic

#4C42D5 #D54281 #CBD542 #42D596

square

#4C42D5 #D54281 #CBD542 #42D596

split-complementary

#4C42D5 #D59642 #81D542

monochromatic

#231C80 #3128B2 #4C42D5 #7B74E0 #ABA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#4C42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#4C42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42D5

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42D5	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.216 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e3',
    500: '#4c42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42d5;
$custom-light: #8e78e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.082,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48793,
    "c": 0.21556,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42D5

secondary

#D4D89A

accent

#E741DB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42D5

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

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