#5A42D2#5A42D2

#5A42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.209 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42D2
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.11, 48.50, -70.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.11, 85.85, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% 0.0481 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.21 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7939, 10.7221, 62.0922)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42D2 #BAD242

analogous

#4272D2 #5A42D2 #A242D2

triadic

#5A42D2 #D25A42 #42D25A

tetradic

#5A42D2 #D24272 #BAD242 #42D2A2

square

#5A42D2 #D24272 #BAD242 #42D2A2

split-complementary

#5A42D2 #D2A242 #72D242

monochromatic

#2D1E7C #3F29AD #5A42D2 #8573DE #B0A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#5A42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#5A42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42D2

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42D2	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#186885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.209 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9578e1',
    500: '#5a42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42d2;
$custom-light: #9578e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49598,
    "c": 0.2095,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42D2

secondary

#CCD799

accent

#E543CA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42D2

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

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