#5A42BE#5A42BE

#5A42BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.185 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42BE
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 42.49, -61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 75.09, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.0509 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.185 286)
XYZ	xyz(15.4562, 9.7870, 49.7799)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.81

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42BE #A6BE42

analogous

#4268BE #5A42BE #9842BE

triadic

#5A42BE #BE5A42 #42BE5A

tetradic

#5A42BE #BE4268 #A6BE42 #42BE98

square

#5A42BE #BE4268 #A6BE42 #42BE98

split-complementary

#5A42BE #BE9842 #68BE42

monochromatic

#2F2263 #443291 #5A42BE #8270CE #AA9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#5A42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#5A42BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42BE

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42BE	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32617A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.185 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9278d3',
    500: '#5a42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42be;
$custom-light: #9278d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47898,
    "c": 0.18483,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.09788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42BE

secondary

#BFCA92

accent

#D84FBE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42BE

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

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