#5A42BC#5A42BC

#5A42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.182 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42BC
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, 41.89, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 73.99, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.0511 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.182 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2391, 9.7002, 48.6365)
Luminance	0.0970 (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

#5A42BC #A4BC42

analogous

#4267BC #5A42BC #9742BC

triadic

#5A42BC #BC5A42 #42BC5A

tetradic

#5A42BC #BC4267 #A4BC42 #42BC97

square

#5A42BC #BC4267 #A4BC42 #42BC97

split-complementary

#5A42BC #BC9742 #67BC42

monochromatic

#2F2261 #44328F #5A42BC #816FCC #A99CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#5A42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5A42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42BC

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42BC	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#346079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.182 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9178d1',
    500: '#5a42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42bc;
$custom-light: #9178d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.803,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47734,
    "c": 0.18231,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42BC

secondary

#BEC991

accent

#D850BD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42BC

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

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