#4D42BE#4D42BE

#4D42BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.187 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D42BE
RGB	rgb(77, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(245, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(245, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 40.29, -63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 75.42, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(46.82% 0.0336 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(46.82% 0.187 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3001, 9.1909, 49.7257)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.32

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D42BE #B3BE42

analogous

#4275BE #4D42BE #8B42BE

triadic

#4D42BE #BE4D42 #42BE4D

tetradic

#4D42BE #BE4275 #B3BE42 #42BE8B

square

#4D42BE #BE4275 #B3BE42 #42BE8B

split-complementary

#4D42BE #BE8B42 #75BE42

monochromatic

#282263 #3A3291 #4D42BE #7870CE #A39DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#4D42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4D42BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D42BE

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D42BE	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.187 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a77d3',
    500: '#4d42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d42be;
$custom-light: #8a77d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46821,
    "c": 0.18658,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D42BE

secondary

#C5CA92

accent

#D84FCC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D42BE

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

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