#5A42D8#5A42D8

#5A42D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.217 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42D8
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(250, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.63, 50.29, -73.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.63, 89.01, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.0471 -0.2115)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.217 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5555, 11.0267, 66.1030)
Luminance	0.1103 (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

#5A42D8 #C0D842

analogous

#4275D8 #5A42D8 #A542D8

triadic

#5A42D8 #D85A42 #42D85A

tetradic

#5A42D8 #D84275 #C0D842 #42D8A5

square

#5A42D8 #D84275 #C0D842 #42D8A5

split-complementary

#5A42D8 #D8A542 #75D842

monochromatic

#2C1B84 #3D26B7 #5A42D8 #8675E2 #B3A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#5A42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#5A42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42D8

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42D8	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#056A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.217 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9679e5',
    500: '#5a42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42d8;
$custom-light: #9679e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50127,
    "c": 0.21671,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42D8

secondary

#D0DA9C

accent

#E93FCE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42D8

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

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