#5842BC#5842BC

#5842BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.182 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5842BC
RGB	rgb(88, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 41.53, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 74.04, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.0484 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.182 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0471, 9.6012, 48.6275)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.77

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5842BC #A6BC42

analogous

#4269BC #5842BC #9542BC

triadic

#5842BC #BC5842 #42BC58

tetradic

#5842BC #BC4269 #A6BC42 #42BC95

square

#5842BC #BC4269 #A6BC42 #42BC95

split-complementary

#5842BC #BC9542 #69BC42

monochromatic

#2E2261 #43328F #5842BC #806FCC #A89CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#5842BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5842BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5842BC

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5842BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5842BC	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F6079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5842bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.182 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078d1',
    500: '#5842bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5842bc;
$custom-light: #9078d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5842bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47558,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5842BC

secondary

#BFC991

accent

#D850BF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5842BC

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

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