#4F42CE#4F42CE

#4F42CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.206 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F42CE
RGB	rgb(79, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.87, 45.66, -70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.87, 84.08, 302.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.0342 -0.2035)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.206 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3097, 10.0137, 59.4539)
Luminance	0.1002 (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

#4F42CE #C1CE42

analogous

#427BCE #4F42CE #9542CE

triadic

#4F42CE #CE4F42 #42CE4F

tetradic

#4F42CE #CE427B #C1CE42 #42CE95

square

#4F42CE #CE427B #C1CE42 #42CE95

split-complementary

#4F42CE #CE9542 #7BCE42

monochromatic

#271F77 #372BA7 #4F42CE #7C73DB #AAA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#4F42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#4F42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F42CE

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F42CE	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.206 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78de',
    500: '#4f42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f42ce;
$custom-light: #8e78de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48377,
    "c": 0.20636,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F42CE

secondary

#CED498

accent

#E246D4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F42CE

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

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