#5A42C2#5A42C2

#5A42C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.190 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42C2
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 43.69, -63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 77.26, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% 0.0504 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.19 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8993, 9.9643, 52.1140)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.48

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42C2 #AAC242

analogous

#426AC2 #5A42C2 #9A42C2

triadic

#5A42C2 #C25A42 #42C25A

tetradic

#5A42C2 #C2426A #AAC242 #42C29A

square

#5A42C2 #C2426A #AAC242 #42C29A

split-complementary

#5A42C2 #C29A42 #6AC242

monochromatic

#2F2268 #443196 #5A42C2 #8270D1 #AB9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#5A42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#5A42C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42C2

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42C2	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E627C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.190 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9278d5',
    500: '#5a42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42c2;
$custom-light: #9278d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4823,
    "c": 0.18984,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42C2

secondary

#C2CC94

accent

#DB4DC0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42C2

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

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