#4D42BC#4D42BC

#4D42BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.184 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D42BC
RGB	rgb(77, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(245, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(245, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.18, 39.65, -62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.18, 74.32, 302.24°)
OKLab	oklab(46.65% 0.0338 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(46.65% 0.184 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0830, 9.1041, 48.5824)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D42BC #B1BC42

analogous

#4274BC #4D42BC #8A42BC

triadic

#4D42BC #BC4D42 #42BC4D

tetradic

#4D42BC #BC4274 #B1BC42 #42BC8A

square

#4D42BC #BC4274 #B1BC42 #42BC8A

split-complementary

#4D42BC #BC8A42 #74BC42

monochromatic

#282261 #3A328F #4D42BC #776FCC #A29CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#4D42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#4D42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D42BC

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D42BC	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.184 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a77d1',
    500: '#4d42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d42bc;
$custom-light: #8a77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.41,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4665,
    "c": 0.184,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D42BC

secondary

#C4C991

accent

#D850CB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D42BC

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

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