#5742BC#5742BC

#5742BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.183 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5742BC
RGB	rgb(87, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(250, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 41.35, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 74.06, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.0471 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.183 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9531, 9.5527, 48.6231)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.64

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5742BC #A7BC42

analogous

#426ABC #5742BC #9442BC

triadic

#5742BC #BC5742 #42BC57

tetradic

#5742BC #BC426A #A7BC42 #42BC94

square

#5742BC #BC426A #A7BC42 #42BC94

split-complementary

#5742BC #BC9442 #6ABC42

monochromatic

#2D2261 #42328F #5742BC #7F6FCC #A79CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5742BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5742BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5742BC

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5742BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5742BC	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C6079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5742bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.183 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078d1',
    500: '#5742bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5742bc;
$custom-light: #9078d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5742bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.328,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47471,
    "c": 0.18259,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5742BC

secondary

#BFC991

accent

#D850C0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5742BC

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

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