#5A42DB#5A42DB

#5A42DB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.220 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42DB
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(249, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(249, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 51.19, -74.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 90.58, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.0466 -0.2153)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.22 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9469, 11.1833, 68.1643)
Luminance	0.1119 (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

#5A42DB #C3DB42

analogous

#4276DB #5A42DB #A642DB

triadic

#5A42DB #DB5A42 #42DB5A

tetradic

#5A42DB #DB4276 #C3DB42 #42DBA6

square

#5A42DB #DB4276 #C3DB42 #42DBA6

split-complementary

#5A42DB #DBA642 #76DB42

monochromatic

#2B1A89 #3C24BC #5A42DB #8775E5 #B4A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#5A42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#5A42DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42DB

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42DB	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.220 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9679e7',
    500: '#5a42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42db;
$custom-light: #9679e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50394,
    "c": 0.22029,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42DB

secondary

#D2DC9D

accent

#EB3DD0

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42DB

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

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