#4C42E2#4C42E2

#4C42E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.231 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42E2
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(244, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(244, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.45, 51.55, -79.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.45, 94.74, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.0272 -0.2296)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.231 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6517, 10.9223, 73.0620)
Luminance	0.1092 (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

#4C42E2 #D8E242

analogous

#4288E2 #4C42E2 #9C42E2

triadic

#4C42E2 #E24C42 #42E24C

tetradic

#4C42E2 #E24288 #D8E242 #42E29C

square

#4C42E2 #E24288 #D8E242 #42E29C

split-complementary

#4C42E2 #E29C42 #88E242

monochromatic

#1E1793 #291FC8 #4C42E2 #7E77EA #B1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#4C42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#4C42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42E2

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42E2	1.00	6.59	3.18	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.231 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9178ec',
    500: '#4c42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42e2;
$custom-light: #9178ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50003,
    "c": 0.23123,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42E2

secondary

#DCE09F

accent

#F038E5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42E2

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

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