#5A42DC#5A42DC

#5A42DC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.221 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42DC
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(249, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(249, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.98, 51.48, -75.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.98, 91.10, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.0464 -0.2166)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.221 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0789, 11.2361, 68.8597)
Luminance	0.1124 (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

#5A42DC #C4DC42

analogous

#4277DC #5A42DC #A742DC

triadic

#5A42DC #DC5A42 #42DC5A

tetradic

#5A42DC #DC4277 #C4DC42 #42DCA7

square

#5A42DC #DC4277 #C4DC42 #42DCA7

split-complementary

#5A42DC #DCA742 #77DC42

monochromatic

#2B1A8A #3B23BE #5A42DC #8776E6 #B4A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#5A42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#5A42DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42DC

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42DC	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.221 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9679e8',
    500: '#5a42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42dc;
$custom-light: #9679e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50484,
    "c": 0.22148,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42DC

secondary

#D3DD9D

accent

#EC3CD0

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42DC

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

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