#5A42BB#5A42BB

#5A42BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.181 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42BB
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 41.59, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 73.44, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.0513 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.181 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1316, 9.6572, 48.0708)
Luminance	0.0966 (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

#5A42BB #A3BB42

analogous

#4267BB #5A42BB #9742BB

triadic

#5A42BB #BB5A42 #42BB5A

tetradic

#5A42BB #BB4267 #A3BB42 #42BB97

square

#5A42BB #BB4267 #A3BB42 #42BB97

split-complementary

#5A42BB #BB9742 #67BB42

monochromatic

#2E2261 #44328E #5A42BB #816ECC #A89CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#5A42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5A42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42BB

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42BB	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#356078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.181 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9178d0',
    500: '#5a42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42bb;
$custom-light: #9178d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.901,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47652,
    "c": 0.18105,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42BB

secondary

#BDC891

accent

#D750BD

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42BB

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

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