#4F42CD#4F42CD

#4F42CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.205 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F42CD
RGB	rgb(79, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(246, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 45.35, -70.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 83.54, 302.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.0343 -0.2022)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.205 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1886, 9.9653, 58.8162)
Luminance	0.0997 (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

#4F42CD #C0CD42

analogous

#427ACD #4F42CD #9542CD

triadic

#4F42CD #CD4F42 #42CD4F

tetradic

#4F42CD #CD427A #C0CD42 #42CD95

square

#4F42CD #CD427A #C0CD42 #42CD95

split-complementary

#4F42CD #CD9542 #7ACD42

monochromatic

#271F76 #372CA6 #4F42CD #7C72DA #A9A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#4F42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4F42CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F42CD

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F42CD	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.205 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78dd',
    500: '#4f42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f42cd;
$custom-light: #8e78dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.612,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48288,
    "c": 0.20512,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F42CD

secondary

#CED397

accent

#E146D3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F42CD

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

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