#5A42CF#5A42CF

#5A42CF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.206 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42CF
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(250, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(250, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.85, 47.60, -69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.85, 84.25, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% 0.0486 -0.2)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.206 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4237, 10.5740, 60.1422)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42CF #B7CF42

analogous

#4270CF #5A42CF #A042CF

triadic

#5A42CF #CF5A42 #42CF5A

tetradic

#5A42CF #CF4270 #B7CF42 #42CFA0

square

#5A42CF #CF4270 #B7CF42 #42CFA0

split-complementary

#5A42CF #CFA042 #70CF42

monochromatic

#2E1F78 #402BA9 #5A42CF #8573DB #AFA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#5A42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#5A42CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42CF

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42CF	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E6783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.206 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9478df',
    500: '#5a42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42cf;
$custom-light: #9478df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.213,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49337,
    "c": 0.20586,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42CF

secondary

#CAD598

accent

#E345C8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42CF

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

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