#5242D8#5242D8

#5242D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.218 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5242D8
RGB	rgb(82, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(246, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, 49.19, -74.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 89.30, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.0365 -0.2149)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.218 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8186, 10.6468, 66.0685)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.82

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5242D8 #C8D842

analogous

#427DD8 #5242D8 #9D42D8

triadic

#5242D8 #D85242 #42D852

tetradic

#5242D8 #D8427D #C8D842 #42D89D

square

#5242D8 #D8427D #C8D842 #42D89D

split-complementary

#5242D8 #D89D42 #7DD842

monochromatic

#271B84 #3526B7 #5242D8 #8075E2 #AFA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#5242D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5242D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5242D8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5242D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5242D8	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5242d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.218 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9278e5',
    500: '#5242d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5242d8;
$custom-light: #9278e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5242d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49503,
    "c": 0.21802,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5242D8

secondary

#D4DA9C

accent

#E93FD7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5242D8

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

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