#5A42D7#5A42D7

#5A42D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.216 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42D7
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(250, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 49.99, -73.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 88.49, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.0473 -0.2103)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.216 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4266, 10.9752, 65.4242)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42D7 #BFD742

analogous

#4275D7 #5A42D7 #A442D7

triadic

#5A42D7 #D75A42 #42D75A

tetradic

#5A42D7 #D74275 #BFD742 #42D7A4

square

#5A42D7 #D74275 #BFD742 #42D7A4

split-complementary

#5A42D7 #D7A442 #75D742

monochromatic

#2C1C83 #3D26B5 #5A42D7 #8675E2 #B2A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#5A42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#5A42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42D7

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42D7	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#096A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.216 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9579e4',
    500: '#5a42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42d7;
$custom-light: #9579e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.664,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50038,
    "c": 0.21552,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42D7

secondary

#D0DA9B

accent

#E840CD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42D7

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

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