#5A42C8#5A42C8

#5A42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.197 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42C8
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.27, 45.50, -66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.27, 80.51, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% 0.0496 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.197 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5868, 10.2393, 55.7347)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.32

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42C8 #B0C842

analogous

#426DC8 #5A42C8 #9D42C8

triadic

#5A42C8 #C85A42 #42C85A

tetradic

#5A42C8 #C8426D #B0C842 #42C89D

square

#5A42C8 #C8426D #B0C842 #42C89D

split-complementary

#5A42C8 #C89D42 #6DC842

monochromatic

#2E206F #422E9F #5A42C8 #8371D6 #ADA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#5A42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#5A42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42C8

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42C8	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.197 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9378da',
    500: '#5a42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42c8;
$custom-light: #9378da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.746,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48736,
    "c": 0.19729,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42C8

secondary

#C6D096

accent

#DE4AC4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42C8

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

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