#5A42B2#5A42B2

#5A42B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.170 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42B2
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(253, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, 38.90, -56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 68.47, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(46.93% 0.0521 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(46.93% 0.17 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1982, 9.2838, 43.1547)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42B2 #9AB242

analogous

#4262B2 #5A42B2 #9242B2

triadic

#5A42B2 #B25A42 #42B25A

tetradic

#5A42B2 #B24262 #9AB242 #42B292

square

#5A42B2 #B24262 #9AB242 #42B292

split-complementary

#5A42B2 #B29242 #62B242

monochromatic

#2D2159 #433185 #5A42B2 #7E6AC8 #A496D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#5A42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#5A42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42B2

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42B2	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.170 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078ca',
    500: '#5a42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42b2;
$custom-light: #9078ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46929,
    "c": 0.16955,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42B2

secondary

#B8C48C

accent

#D652B9

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0D0913

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42B2

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

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