#4D42DD#4D42DD

#4D42DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.225 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D42DD
RGB	rgb(77, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(244, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(244, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 50.11, -77.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 92.10, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% 0.0293 -0.2231)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.225 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0557, 10.6931, 69.5051)
Luminance	0.1070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.35

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D42DD #D2DD42

analogous

#4285DD #4D42DD #9B42DD

triadic

#4D42DD #DD4D42 #42DD4D

tetradic

#4D42DD #DD4285 #D2DD42 #42DD9B

square

#4D42DD #DD4285 #D2DD42 #42DD9B

split-complementary

#4D42DD #DD9B42 #85DD42

monochromatic

#21198C #2E22BF #4D42DD #7E76E6 #AFAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#4D42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#4D42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D42DD

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D42DD	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.225 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078e9',
    500: '#4d42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d42dd;
$custom-light: #9078e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49603,
    "c": 0.22503,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D42DD

secondary

#D9DD9D

accent

#EC3BE0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D42DD

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

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