#5A42CA#5A42CA

#5A42CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.200 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42CA
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.43, 46.10, -67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.43, 81.58, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% 0.0494 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.2 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8221, 10.3334, 56.9738)
Luminance	0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.38

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42CA #B2CA42

analogous

#426ECA #5A42CA #9E42CA

triadic

#5A42CA #CA5A42 #42CA5A

tetradic

#5A42CA #CA426E #B2CA42 #42CA9E

square

#5A42CA #CA426E #B2CA42 #42CA9E

split-complementary

#5A42CA #CA9E42 #6ECA42

monochromatic

#2E2072 #422DA2 #5A42CA #8472D7 #ADA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#5A42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#5A42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42CA

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42CA	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#256580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.200 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9378db',
    500: '#5a42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42ca;
$custom-light: #9378db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48906,
    "c": 0.19975,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42CA

secondary

#C7D196

accent

#DF48C5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42CA

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

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