#5A42BF#5A42BF

#5A42BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.186 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42BF
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 42.79, -62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 75.63, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.0508 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.186 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5658, 9.8309, 50.3575)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.71

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42BF #A7BF42

analogous

#4268BF #5A42BF #9842BF

triadic

#5A42BF #BF5A42 #42BF5A

tetradic

#5A42BF #BF4268 #A7BF42 #42BF98

square

#5A42BF #BF4268 #A7BF42 #42BF98

split-complementary

#5A42BF #BF9842 #68BF42

monochromatic

#2F2265 #443292 #5A42BF #8270CE #AA9DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#5A42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#5A42BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42BF

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42BF	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31617B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.186 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9278d3',
    500: '#5a42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42bf;
$custom-light: #9278d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47981,
    "c": 0.18609,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42BF

secondary

#C0CA93

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42BF

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

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