#4D42D9#4D42D9

#4D42D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.220 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D42D9
RGB	rgb(77, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(244, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.69, 48.85, -75.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.69, 90.00, 302.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% 0.0299 -0.2182)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.22 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5291, 10.4825, 66.7318)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.03

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D42D9 #CED942

analogous

#4282D9 #4D42D9 #9842D9

triadic

#4D42D9 #D94D42 #42D94D

tetradic

#4D42D9 #D94282 #CED942 #42D998

square

#4D42D9 #D94282 #CED942 #42D998

split-complementary

#4D42D9 #D99842 #82D942

monochromatic

#231B86 #3025B9 #4D42D9 #7D75E3 #ADA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#4D42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#4D42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D42D9

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D42D9	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.220 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78e6',
    500: '#4d42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d42d9;
$custom-light: #8f78e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.371,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49232,
    "c": 0.22021,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D42D9

secondary

#D6DB9C

accent

#E93EDD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D42D9

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

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