#4C42EA#4C42EA

#4C42EA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.241 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C42EA
RGB	rgb(76, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(244, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(244, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, 54.04, -82.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 98.88, 303.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.0258 -0.2393)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.241 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7751, 11.3717, 78.9788)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C42EA #E0EA42

analogous

#428CEA #4C42EA #A042EA

triadic

#4C42EA #EA4C42 #42EA4C

tetradic

#4C42EA #EA428C #E0EA42 #42EAA0

square

#4C42EA #EA428C #E0EA42 #42EAA0

split-complementary

#4C42EA #EAA042 #8CEA42

monochromatic

#1A12A0 #2318D7 #4C42EA #8079F0 #B4B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#4C42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#4C42EA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C42EA

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C42EA	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.241 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9279f2',
    500: '#4c42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c42ea;
$custom-light: #9279f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50764,
    "c": 0.24067,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C42EA

secondary

#E1E5A3

accent

#F631EB

background

#F9F7FF

surface

#F2EDFE

border

#CCC8D6

text

#0F0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C42EA

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

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