#5242C8#5242C8

#5242C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.198 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5242C8
RGB	rgb(82, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(247, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(247, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, 44.23, -67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 80.75, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.0389 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.198 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8500, 9.8593, 55.7002)
Luminance	0.0986 (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

#5242C8 #B8C842

analogous

#4275C8 #5242C8 #9542C8

triadic

#5242C8 #C85242 #42C852

tetradic

#5242C8 #C84275 #B8C842 #42C895

square

#5242C8 #C84275 #B8C842 #42C895

split-complementary

#5242C8 #C89542 #75C842

monochromatic

#2A206F #3C2E9F #5242C8 #7D71D6 #A9A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#5242C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#5242C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5242C8

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5242C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5242C8	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5242c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.198 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78da',
    500: '#5242c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5242c8;
$custom-light: #8f78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5242c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.164,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48078,
    "c": 0.19839,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5242C8

secondary

#C9D096

accent

#DE4ACC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5242C8

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

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