#4D42C8#4D42C8

#4D42C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.199 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D42C8
RGB	rgb(77, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(245, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(245, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 43.48, -68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 80.90, 302.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.0324 -0.1966)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.199 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4308, 9.6432, 55.6806)
Luminance	0.0964 (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

#4D42C8 #BDC842

analogous

#427AC8 #4D42C8 #9042C8

triadic

#4D42C8 #C84D42 #42C84D

tetradic

#4D42C8 #C8427A #BDC842 #42C890

square

#4D42C8 #C8427A #BDC842 #42C890

split-complementary

#4D42C8 #C89042 #7AC842

monochromatic

#27206F #372E9F #4D42C8 #7A71D6 #A6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#4D42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4D42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D42C8

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D42C8	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.199 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c77da',
    500: '#4d42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d42c8;
$custom-light: #8c77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47694,
    "c": 0.19926,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D42C8

secondary

#CBD096

accent

#DE4AD2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D42C8

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

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