#5042C8#5042C8

#5042C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.199 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5042C8
RGB	rgb(80, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(246, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(246, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 43.92, -67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 80.81, 302.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.0363 -0.1954)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.199 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6785, 9.7709, 55.6922)
Luminance	0.0977 (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

#5042C8 #BAC842

analogous

#4277C8 #5042C8 #9342C8

triadic

#5042C8 #C85042 #42C850

tetradic

#5042C8 #C84277 #BAC842 #42C893

square

#5042C8 #C84277 #BAC842 #42C893

split-complementary

#5042C8 #C89342 #77C842

monochromatic

#29206F #3A2E9F #5042C8 #7C71D6 #A8A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#5042C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5042C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5042C8

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5042C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5042C8	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5042c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.199 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78da',
    500: '#5042c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5042c8;
$custom-light: #8e78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5042c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.269,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47922,
    "c": 0.19872,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5042C8

secondary

#CAD096

accent

#DE4ACF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5042C8

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

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