#4C42D6#4C42D6

#4C42D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.217 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42D6
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.35, 47.78, -74.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.35, 88.44, 302.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.0292 -0.2148)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.217 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0624, 10.2866, 64.6916)
Luminance	0.1029 (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

#4C42D6 #CCD642

analogous

#4282D6 #4C42D6 #9642D6

triadic

#4C42D6 #D64C42 #42D64C

tetradic

#4C42D6 #D64282 #CCD642 #42D696

square

#4C42D6 #D64282 #CCD642 #42D696

split-complementary

#4C42D6 #D69642 #82D642

monochromatic

#231C82 #3127B4 #4C42D6 #7C74E1 #ABA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#4C42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#4C42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42D6

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42D6	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.217 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e4',
    500: '#4c42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42d6;
$custom-light: #8e78e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.054,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48885,
    "c": 0.21678,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42D6

secondary

#D5D99B

accent

#E740DC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42D6

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

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