#4D42E2#4D42E2

#4D42E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.231 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D42E2
RGB	rgb(77, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(244, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(244, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 51.66, -79.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 94.71, 303.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.0285 -0.2292)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.231 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7318, 10.9636, 73.0658)
Luminance	0.1096 (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

#4D42E2 #D7E242

analogous

#4287E2 #4D42E2 #9D42E2

triadic

#4D42E2 #E24D42 #42E24D

tetradic

#4D42E2 #E24287 #D7E242 #42E29D

square

#4D42E2 #E24287 #D7E242 #42E29D

split-complementary

#4D42E2 #E29D42 #87E242

monochromatic

#1F1793 #2A1FC8 #4D42E2 #7F77EA #B1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#4D42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#4D42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D42E2

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D42E2	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.231 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9178ec',
    500: '#4d42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d42e2;
$custom-light: #9178ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50071,
    "c": 0.23101,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D42E2

secondary

#DCE09F

accent

#F038E3

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D42E2

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

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