#5042E2#5042E2

#5042E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.230 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5042E2
RGB	rgb(80, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(245, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(245, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 52.02, -79.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 94.60, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.0322 -0.2281)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.23 278)
XYZ	xyz(18.9795, 11.0913, 73.0774)
Luminance	0.1109 (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

#5042E2 #D4E242

analogous

#4284E2 #5042E2 #A042E2

triadic

#5042E2 #E25042 #42E250

tetradic

#5042E2 #E24284 #D4E242 #42E2A0

square

#5042E2 #E24284 #D4E242 #42E2A0

split-complementary

#5042E2 #E2A042 #84E242

monochromatic

#211793 #2E1FC8 #5042E2 #8177EA #B2ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#5042E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#5042E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5042E2

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5042E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5042E2	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5042e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.230 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9278ec',
    500: '#5042e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5042e2;
$custom-light: #9278ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5042e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50279,
    "c": 0.23039,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.11093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5042E2

secondary

#DBE09F

accent

#F038E0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5042E2

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

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